[Rd] R-Forge > GitHub?

[Henrik Singmann]

Re your point 3: Because you have managed to create a GitHub version of
your repository that is not a fork of https://github.com/rforge/ecdat, but
its own independent repository, contacting GitHub support might not be the
right way forward. Note that https://github.com/rforge is simply a
read-only mirror of the complete R-Forge repository (and at least to me it
is unclear of whether GitHub itself or some independent party is
responsible for it, but I would assume it is not GitHub). So the easiest
way to change something in https://github.com/rforge/ecdat would be to make
the corresponding change in your R-forge repository and wait until it
propagates to GitHub.

So either delete the R-forge repository or make a final commit replacing
its content with a README pointing towards the new GitHub repo at
https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat. Together with emailing all  previous
project members this should ensure that interested party will know about
the new place where your package is being developed/hosted.

You might also want to add a new README to the new GitHub repository which
replaces the current R-forge one and provides installation instructions.

Best,
Henrik



Am Fr., 28. Juni 2019 um 06:01 Uhr schrieb Spencer Graves <
spencer.graves using prodsyse.com>:

> Hi, Henrik Singmann et al.:
>
>
>       Thanks for the suggestions.  I tried again to pull
> "https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat"
> <https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat> from R-Forge, with the same "Error
> 500" as before.  Then I tried pulling from
> "https://github.com/rforge/ecdat" <https://github.com/rforge/ecdat>,
> which seemed to work ... AND the copy I pulled was at the latest revisions
> I had posted to R-Forge (520), so that makes it easier going forward.
>
>
>       What do you suggest I do next?  I'm thinking of the following:
>
>
>             1.  Clone a copy of "https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat"
> <https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat> to my local computer and confirm
> that it works.
>
>
>             2.  Modify "https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/ecdat/"
> <https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/ecdat/> to make me the only
> remaining project member, if I can.
>
>
>             3.  Contact GitHub support and ask them if they can delete
> "https://github.com/rforge/ecdat" <https://github.com/rforge/ecdat>,
> because it is an orphan with 0 contributors, and anyone who might want it
> should be referred to "https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat"
> <https://github.com/sbgraves237/Ecdat>.
>
>
>              4.  Email all the previous project members on
> "https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/ecdat/"
> <https://r-forge.r-project.org/projects/ecdat/> to tell them what I've
> done, in case they want to do anything more with this in the future.
>
>
>       I believe I know how to do 1, 2, and 4, and I can probably figure
> out 3.  However, before I start on this, I felt a need to thank everyone
> who contributed to this thread and invite comments, especially if someone
> thinks I might be better off doing something different.
>
>
>       Spencer Graves
>
>
> On 2019-06-26 16:34, Henrik Singmann wrote:
>
> Whereas it is true that one has to contact GitHub to detach a GitHub
> repository, it really is no problem (or at least was no problem in 2016). I
> wanted to do so when I took over the maintainer role of LaplacesDemon which
> only remained on GitHub as a fork on some other person's private account.
> So I forked and then contacted GitHub support and simply asked them to
> remove the "forked form" reference on my new repository. They then quickly
> detached my repository. As you can see, the "forked from" is gone:
> https://github.com/LaplacesDemonR/LaplacesDemon
>
> In their response to my request they used the phrasing "Fork is detached."
> which suggests that this is their preferred term for this step.
>
> Best,
> Henrik
>
>
>
> Am Mi., 26. Juni 2019 um 16:38 Uhr schrieb Lionel Henry <
> lionel using rstudio.com>:
>
>>
>> > On 26 Jun 2019, at 17:25, Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan using gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > R-Forge is mirrored on Github; see https://github.com/rforge/ecdat,
>> for example.  That shows 418 commits in its history; presumably that's the
>> full R-forge history.  I think that's newer than Michael Friendly's gist.
>> >
>> > So I suspect (but haven't tried to do this) that migration now is as
>> simple as doing a Github fork to your own Github account, and then
>> basically forgetting about the R-forge stuff, or deleting it (and I don't
>> know how to do that).
>>
>> I think it's better to avoid the Fork button in this case, because forks
>> are
>> treated specially in the Github UI. In this case you'll want your repo to
>> appear as a main repo, and not a fork. AFAIK the only way to unfork a repo
>> is to ask the Github staff to do it.
>>
>> So instead of forking, use the "+" button on github.com and select
>> "Import a repository". This supports both git and svn repos.
>>
>> Best,
>> Lionel
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>
> --
> Dr. Henrik Singmann
> Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
> University of Warwick, UK
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>
>
>

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Dr. Henrik Singmann
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
University of Warwick, UK
http://singmann.org

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