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uh, did you read what the OP wrote? he said a long since disused account. i.e. how long a grace period do you desire they have? github's general policy is tha
by compsciphd 9y ago
uh, did you read what the OP wrote? he said a long since disused account. i.e. how long a grace period do you desire they have?
github's general policy is that if an account has been dormant for a year (which might mean not just means commits, but also fetches from it) its can be recycled. This is because they dont want to enable username squatting.
- rileymat2 9y agoHow does this work with third party login? For instance I can use my github accout to log in to gitlab. Seems like a security risk for even dormant accounts.
- knownothing 9y agoI'd imagine all OAuth tokens associated with an account are rolled when it's transferred.
- rileymat2 9y agoI was not clear, github works as an identity provider. I am not talking about api access to github, I am talking about using github to log into other services.
- compsciphd 9y agoI'd assume that any use of github services (such as use of a token) keeps the account non dormant.