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by systemcluster 1892 days ago
GitHub can, and will, change forks for you if send a request through the support form. It is not exposed in the user interface, but the functionality is there.
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Does that make it better?
Yes? If something is possible but inconvenient, that's clearly better than it being completely impossible.
It technically exists in a form where almost nobody will ever realize it exists, let alone be able to use it.
I think they say to contact them in the help. I found out about somehow without anyone telling me.
Support forum said that unforking is impossible