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		madduci on Feb 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tell HN: GitHub will delete your private repo if y... So the main solution would be not forking, but cloning and straight create a separate project? Will it work?

kevincox on Feb 1, 2023 | [–]

Yes, I believe that if you push a repo to GitHub from a local copy instead of using their web-based "fork" feature it will not deduplicate the repositories. IDK if this affects your ability to submit pull requests though.

snowwrestler on Feb 1, 2023 | [–]

Simply saving a copy of the fork locally would be sufficient to keep a copy of it.

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