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Posted by Kyle McCullen
Kyle McCullen
16,639 Points

Github deleting fork after pull request?

I am new to github. I recenty

  1. forked a repo
  2. made changes that fixed an issue
  3. created a pull request
  4. that pull request was accepted.
  5. I no longer want to make changes to that repo.

Now what do I do with the forked reop?

Should I delete it so my profile does not get filled with a lot of forked repos?

Does deleting the fork remove any important information?

Is there a way to remove the fork from being listed on my profile, but still exist so any important information is lost?

1 Answer

Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points
Bruce Röttgers
Bruce Röttgers
18,211 Points

There shouldn’t get any info lost. In fact, Github suggests deleting branches after merging them on the page, which is similar. You shouldn’t worry deleting them. The new code is in the repo and it won’t get lost.