diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 739a0e4f4b..de5ce58c4f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <groupId>org.kohsuke</groupId>
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.1</version>
+  <version>1.2</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>http://kohsuke.org/github-api/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index c468508172..69f7711a60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ public void removeCollaborators(Collection<GHUser> users) throws IOException {
     }
 
     private void modifyCollaborators(Collection<GHUser> users, String op) throws IOException {
-        root.requireCredential();
         verifyMine();
         for (GHUser user : users) {
             new Poster(root).withCredential().to(root.getApiURL("/repos/collaborators/"+name+ op +user.getLogin()));
@@ -131,7 +130,6 @@ private void modifyCollaborators(Collection<GHUser> users, String op) throws IOE
      * Deletes this repository.
      */
     public void delete() throws IOException {
-        root.requireCredential();
         verifyMine();
         Poster poster = new Poster(root).withCredential();
         URL url = root.getApiURL("/repos/delete/" + name);
@@ -140,6 +138,15 @@ public void delete() throws IOException {
         poster.with("delete_token",token.delete_token).to(url);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Forks this repository.
+     */
+    public GHRepository fork() throws IOException {
+        GHRepository r = new Poster(root).withCredential().to(root.getApiURL("/repos/fork/" + owner + "/" + name), JsonRepository.class).repository;
+        r.root = root;
+        return r;
+    }
+
     private void verifyMine() throws IOException {
         if (!root.login.equals(owner))
             throw new IOException("Operation not applicable to a repository owned by someone else: "+owner);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
index 706a9112da..cd3a1ed8f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ public GHUser getMyself() throws IOException {
      *      Newly created repository.
      */
     public GHRepository createRepository(String name, String description, String homepage, boolean isPublic) throws IOException {
-        requireCredential();
         GHRepository r = new Poster(this).withCredential()
                 .with("name", name).with("description", description).with("homepage", homepage)
                 .with("public", isPublic ? 1 : 0).to(getApiURL("/repos/create"), JsonRepository.class).repository;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Poster.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Poster.java
index f1e91e5fb5..a6eafdf823 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Poster.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/Poster.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class Poster {
     }
 
     public Poster withCredential() {
+        root.requireCredential();
         return with("login",root.login).with("token",root.token);
     }