Fork a repository transferrred to another user

Question

I have recently transferred two repos from my github account, one to an organization where I am owner, the other to a different user (making him the maintainer of the package). Can I now fork these two repositories to my own account, in order to collaborate via fork-and-pull? Or would that overwrite some git settings/redirects, so I instead need to collaborate via opening branches on the new forked repo (I have push access both places)?

Answer 1

Just fork the repo under a different name. Your fork does not have to have the same name as the forked repo, so just give it a new name on forking and the redirects of the original name should work properly, as your new fork has a different name.