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clarifying 'fork' instructions
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Kathy Simpson committed Oct 6, 2020
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Expand Up @@ -27,13 +27,7 @@ Fork using GitHub Desktop:
- Once Desktop is set up, you can use it to [fork the repo](https://docs.github.com/en/desktop/contributing-and-collaborating-using-github-desktop/cloning-and-forking-repositories-from-github-desktop)!

Fork using the command line:
1. [Fork](https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo#fork-an-example-repository) the repo.
2. Open your terminal.
3. Enter the following command. Use your GitHub username instead of `YOUR-USERNAME`.

```
git clone [email protected]:YOUR-USERNAME/docs
```
- [Fork the repo](https://docs.github.com/en/github/getting-started-with-github/fork-a-repo#fork-an-example-repository) so that you can make your changes without affecting the original project until you're ready to merge them.

### Make your update:
Make your changes to the file(s) you'd like to update. Here are some tips and tricks for [using the docs codebase](#working-in-the-githubdocs-repository).
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