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by baby 2253 days ago
It's weird, but two potential reasons:

* in case the repo gets deleted, at least you still have a copy

* some github apps on tablet might give you an easier access to your own list of repos
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EduardoBautista 2253 days ago
Doesn't GitHub delete forks if the original is deleted? Of course, actually cloning the fork onto your computer and pushing it to a new repository without using GitHub's "fork" feature should get around this easily.
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hhsuey 2253 days ago
Deleting a private repository

When you delete a private repository, all of its private forks are also deleted.

Deleting a public repository

When you delete a public repository, one of the existing public forks is chosen to be the new parent repository. All other repositories are forked off of this new parent and subsequent pull requests go to this new parent.

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saagarjha 2253 days ago
> When you delete a public repository, one of the existing public forks is chosen to be the new parent repository. All other repositories are forked off of this new parent and subsequent pull requests go to this new parent.

Yikes, is this a random process?

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hhsuey 2253 days ago
Apparently the oldest fork wins, or the author of the repo can decide. https://webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/86769/which-fork...
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hhsuey 2253 days ago
Makes sense. I thought about it a little more and came to the same two potential reasons.
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