# The ultimate "How to make CI work with my fork" guide
**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [January 6, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581 "2022-01-06T19:31:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/1 "2022-01-06T19:31:25Z")
1. Go to your fork : [https://gitlab.kitware.com/username/vtk/](https://gitlab.kitware.com/username/vtk/)
2. Click on settings and expand Visibility
3.
1. Click on Settings, CI/CD and expand General
2.
1. Rebase your branch in MRs against the last origin master
```auto
git fetch gitlab
git checkout master
git pull
git checkout your_branch
git rebase master
```
1. Make sure to also pull the tags from origin master to avoid warnings
```auto
git fetch origin
git push gitlab --tags
```
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 7:32pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/2 "2022-01-06T19:32:04Z")
@ben.boeckel feel free to improve
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/3 "2022-01-06T19:57:43Z")
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 10:42pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/4 "2022-01-06T22:42:06Z")
I cannot edit, but there is no reason to close and open a new MR; just amend and force push.
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### Author:  [@toddy](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/toddy)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 12:28am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/5 "2022-01-07T00:28:23Z")
I keep my fork master in synch with vtk master via pull and push commands from/to the two different repositories. Then I create feature/fix branches off my local master and only rebase them if necessary.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [January 7, 2022, 7:54am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/6 "2022-01-07T07:54:10Z")
> About closing and opening new MRs
Thanks I wasn’t sure about this one.
> I keep my fork master in synch with vtk master via pull and push commands from/to the two different repositories. Then I create feature/fix branches off my local master and only rebase them if necessary.
Unrelated ?
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### Author:  [@opoplawski](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/opoplawski)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/7 "2023-11-07T15:17:07Z")
With the current Gitlab interface:
2. Click on Settings then General. Expand Visibility
4. I cannot find this menu item anywhere
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/8 "2023-11-07T15:18:38Z")
I can see it on my fork without issue, can you share a screenshot ?
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### Author:  [@opoplawski](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/opoplawski)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:21pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/9 "2023-11-07T15:21:23Z")
I’m probably going to need to do it from work with a bigger monitor, but at least under the left menu I have:
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/10 "2023-11-07T15:25:27Z")
Indeed. Maybe just dezoom with `Ctrl + -` ?
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### Author:  [@opoplawski](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/opoplawski)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:27pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/11 "2023-11-07T15:27:53Z")
Maybe just scroll down 🤦
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### Author:  [@opoplawski](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/opoplawski)
#### Post date: [November 7, 2023, 3:28pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/12 "2023-11-07T15:28:37Z")
I somewhat blame firefox and its hiding of scrollbars.
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### Author:  [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/13 "2023-11-17T04:32:34Z")
To be fair, Firefox is cargo culting this from elsewhere. Not sure why such terrible design decisions seem to be so contagious though.
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/14 "2024-02-23T08:27:18Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2024, 8:27am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/15 "2024-02-23T08:27:45Z")
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### Author:  [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2024, 2:59pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/16 "2024-08-23T14:59:34Z")
This guide has been added to the official doc and should soon be available on the website: [https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge\_requests/11428](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/11428)
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### Author:  [@amaclean](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/amaclean)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2024, 9:59am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/the-ultimate-how-to-make-ci-work-with-my-fork-guide/7581/17 "2024-08-25T09:59:51Z")
@mwestphal thanks for letting me know.