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There are several differences in how GitHub (and other forges) treat pull
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requests that come from forks vs. pull requests that come from branches in the
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main repository. These differences are due to security concerns, and you
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There are several differences in how GitHub (and other forges) treat [pull
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requests that come from forks](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork) vs. [pull requests that come from branches in the
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main repository](https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/collaborating-with-pull-requests/proposing-changes-to-your-work-with-pull-requests/creating-a-pull-request). These differences are due to security concerns, and you
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certainly want them to be in place for pull requests from potentially malicious
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sources.
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However, these can also cause problems for contributions from well-meaning
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external contributors. For example, GitHub Actions workflows will run within a
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fork (though not successfully if secrets are required.) If core devs are not
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external contributors. For example, [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions) workflows will run within a
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fork (though not successfully if [secrets](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-for-github-actions/security-guides/using-secrets-in-github-actions) are required.) If core devs are not
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working from forks, they may not be aware that this is an annoyance to external
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contributors. By working from forks, it will annoy the core devs as well, and
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they'll add the necessary if-statement to prevent the workflow from running in
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