> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Fork a repository

> Fork a repository to a new namespace, optionally with a new name.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://dev.hub.oxen.ai/api/_spec/oxen_server_openapi.json post /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/fork
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: >-
    Oxen is a fast, unstructured data version control, to help version large
    machine learning datasets written in Rust.
  license:
    name: ''
  title: oxen-server
  version: 0.50.0
servers:
  - description: Production API
    url: https://hub.oxen.ai
  - description: Local Development
    url: http://localhost:3000
security:
  - api_key: []
tags:
  - description: Namespace management endpoints
    name: Namespaces
  - description: Repository management endpoints.
    name: Repositories
paths:
  /api/repos/{namespace}/{repo_name}/fork:
    post:
      tags:
        - Fork
      summary: Fork a repository
      description: Fork a repository to a new namespace, optionally with a new name.
      operationId: fork
      parameters:
        - description: Namespace of the repository to fork
          example: ox
          in: path
          name: namespace
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - description: Name of the repository to fork
          example: yolov7-repo
          in: path
          name: repo_name
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForkRequest'
        description: >-
          Fork target details, including the new namespace and optional new
          repository name.
        required: true
      responses:
        '202':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusMessage'
          description: Fork initiated successfully
        '404':
          description: Original repository not found
        '409':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusMessage'
          description: Repository already exists at destination namespace/name
components:
  schemas:
    ForkRequest:
      properties:
        namespace:
          type: string
        new_repo_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
      required:
        - namespace
      type: object
    StatusMessage:
      properties:
        oxen_version:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        status:
          type: string
        status_message:
          type: string
      required:
        - status
        - status_message
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````