codesandbox / codesandbox/codesandbox-client

Support opening a fork directly from a github link

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Description

🌈 Feature

Stackblitz offers the ability to craft links that immediately fork the sandbox: https://developer.stackblitz.com/guides/integration/open-from-github#open-directly-or-fork

This is useful to us as our sandboxes modify their own repository directory. We don't want every visitor to operate on the same sandbox and interfere with each other.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked StackBlitz guide and tracing the existing flow for opening a CodeSandbox from a GitHub link. The issue names no files, entry points, or tests, so locate that flow before planning the change. Done means a GitHub link can open an independently forked sandbox so visitors do not share repository changes.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
github, javascript
Domain
web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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