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You can send a ticket to GitHub support to have a project appear to have no parent project (detach the fork)

• oarsinsync 6y ago
  Gotcha. Thanks for the explanation! I think that's a terrible idea, disregarding the origins and removing an element of credit and attribution to the original authors. Be proud of where you came from, don't try to hide it.
  • alisonkisk 6y ago
    The problem is that the original is defunct but "fork" on GitHub assumes that the fork is going to merge changes upstream. Credit goes in the credits file, not polluting every interaction with the project.
    • unityByFreedom 6y ago
      What pollution? It's just a link to the project's origin.
    • pricechild 6y ago
      Plus I believe there is at least one way in which forks may be removed en masse if the original is removed.