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<span id="forking"></span><h1>Making your own copy (fork) of matplotlib<a class="headerlink" href="#making-your-own-copy-fork-of-matplotlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>

<p>You need to do this only once. The instructions here are very similar

to the instructions at <a class="reference external" href="http://help.github.com/forking/">http://help.github.com/forking/</a> — please see

that page for more detail. We&#8217;re repeating some of it here just to give the

specifics for the <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a> project, and to suggest some default names.</p>

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<h2>Set up and configure a <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account<a class="headerlink" href="#set-up-and-configure-a-github-account" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

<p>If you don&#8217;t have a <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account, go to the <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> page, and make one.</p>

<p>You then need to configure your account to allow write access — see

the <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Generating</span> <span class="pre">SSH</span> <span class="pre">keys</span></code> help on <a class="reference external" href="http://help.github.com">github help</a>.</p>

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<h2>Create your own forked copy of <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a><a class="headerlink" href="#create-your-own-forked-copy-of-matplotlib" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>

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<li><p class="first">Log into your <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com">github</a> account.</p>

<li><p class="first">Go to the <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a> github home at <a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib">matplotlib github</a>.</p>

<li><p class="first">Click on the <em>fork</em> button:</p>

<img alt="../../_images/forking_button.png" src="../../_images/forking_button.png" />

<p>Now, after a short pause you should find yourself at the home page

for your own forked copy of <a class="reference external" href="http://matplotlib.org">matplotlib</a>.</p>

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