fork and sync a github project to bitbucket

First create an empty repository on Bitbucket.

Then clone it locally

git clone git@bitbucket.org:benlongstaff/forked-repo.git 
cd forked-repo

Now add Github repo as a new remote in Bitbucket called “sync”

git remote add sync git@github.com:something/original-repo.git 

Verify the remotes, it should look something like

Summer:forked-repo benlongstaff$ git remote -vorigin git@bitbucket.org:benlongstaff/forked-repo.git (fetch)
origin git@bitbucket.org:benlongstaff/forked-repo.git (push)
sync git@github.com:something/original-repo.git (fetch)
sync git@github.com:something/original-repo.git (push)

Pull from the master branch in the sync remote.

git pull sync master 

Setup a local branch to track the sync remote’s master branch

git branch --track github-master sync/master 

Push the local master branch to the origin remote in Bitbucket.

git push -u origin master

To merge in changes from the original repo pull them down into the github-master branch and then rebase master against it before merging them into your local master branch.

It’s kind of forking but not really since you can’t make a push request back. It’s kind of like importing except that it’s setup to sync changes.

That’s it

Link to the post : https://medium.com/faun/forking-importing-a-github-repo-into-bitbucket-a8a2adb1ec16