Editing files: GitHub doesn't fork the repository automatically

[rakleed]

Code of Conduct

• I have read and agree to the GitHub Docs project's Code of Conduct

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/working-with-files/managing-files/editing-files#editing-files-in-another-users-repository

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

In the section "Editing files in another user's repository", in the 2nd point, you say that "GitHub forks the repository for you", but this is not the last year or more. Now you need to confirm the creation of a fork:

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[subatoi]

@rakleed Thanks for raising an issue—you're correct that that needs updating. Would you like to raise a fix for this, or would you prefer to open this up to the community?

We need to change the text from:

At this point, GitHub forks the repository for you.

to:

On the page that appears, click Fork this repository.

[rakleed]

If someone else fixes this, that would be nice.

[subatoi]

This was fixed in #36098

Thank you again for raising this issue originally!