# HG changeset patch
# User Marcin Kuzminski <marcin@python-works.com>
# Date 2013-01-26 22:18:51
# Node ID 48b176df890c694dcda2a7a6dc47573d2d76ca63
# Parent  d6029dacbcc456cea48ea7a2bf8fd45725a1dc05

fixes #732

diff --git a/rhodecode/controllers/forks.py b/rhodecode/controllers/forks.py
--- a/rhodecode/controllers/forks.py
+++ b/rhodecode/controllers/forks.py
@@ -94,8 +94,13 @@ class ForksController(BaseRepoController
                                             c.repo_last_rev) * 100)
 
         defaults = RepoModel()._get_defaults(repo_name)
+        # alter the description to indicate a fork
+        defaults['description'] = ('fork of repository: %s \n%s'
+                                   % (defaults['repo_name'],
+                                      defaults['description']))
         # add suffix to fork
         defaults['repo_name'] = '%s-fork' % defaults['repo_name']
+
         return defaults
 
     @HasRepoPermissionAnyDecorator('repository.read', 'repository.write',