Worth mentioning, this wasn't always the case. Github didn't really have much of a policy until recently, if memory serves. The author of the Sprout library, B

Worth mentioning, this wasn't always the case. Github didn't really have much of a policy until recently, if memory serves. The author of the Sprout library, Bolero Murakami, passed away a while back and I took it upon myself to ask Github what they do in these circumstances. It was shortly after that IIRC that they introduced the account successor settings functionality and updated their death policy. This part of the internet's functioning has always fascinated me, even since a kid - the fact that your online presence acts as sort of a living obituary, and what happens to your data after you lose ultimate control over it.