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This is only true if you use the fork button. You can easily create a new repo, clone the old repo, and push to the new repo. GitHub will not show a fork relati
by idealmedtech 5y ago
This is only true if you use the fork button. You can easily create a new repo, clone the old repo, and push to the new repo. GitHub will not show a fork relationship between the two.
- detaro 5y agotrue, I assumed that from the question, because otherwise it wouldn't be a fork in any way if the history has been deleted.
- charcircuit 5y agoI think he just means to create the repo like normal and push your fork there as opposed to creating a fork using the fork button.
- idealmedtech 5y agoEven if the history is exactly the same, GitHub only tracks forks made through the fork button. A true git fork (eg anonymous clone, push to brand new repo, preserving all commit history) is not tracked.
- detaro 5y ago... yes, that's what you already said?
- idealmedtech 5y agoBased on your comment I thought you only thought it applied when you deleted the history, just wanted to clarify.