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(λ. borkdude)

Why can't I make a fork of my own Github repo under a different name in the same organization? Seems like a case of overvalidation.

2 Dec 2022 at 19:35 | Open on mastodon.social
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(λ. borkdude)

Yes, I'm trying to fork my own advent of code template.

2 Dec 2022 at 19:40 | Open on mastodon.social
LouD
(λ. borkdude)

@loudfpv In this case I don't want to use that as this is for Advent of Code and I don't want to have any spoilers in the "template" repo

2 Dec 2022 at 19:51 | Open on mastodon.social
LouD
(λ. borkdude)

@loudfpv Yes, I did exactly that, but it doesn't appear as a fork in the network of the original repo. Ah well.

2 Dec 2022 at 19:53 | Open on mastodon.social
LouD
LouD

@borkdude you could just create an account special for the advent of code? And create the fork there.

3 Dec 2022 at 9:32 | Open on mastodon.social
Stefan Arentz

@borkdude is it an actual template? That is a project setting I think?

2 Dec 2022 at 19:51 | Open on mastodon.social
(λ. borkdude)

@st3fan Yes, but in that case I can't easily fetch from the upstream repo? The whole history is disconnected.

2 Dec 2022 at 19:51 | Open on mastodon.social
pmonks (330ppm)

@borkdude maybe they just assume you’d branch in that case? Not defending it btw - I can’t think of a good reason to disallow a fork too!

2 Dec 2022 at 20:07 | Open on sfba.social
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