GitHub - how to find original author after zillion of social forks?

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23473035

  •  15-07-2023
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Question

On GitHub someone fork a project, next this project also is forked and so on...

How to find original page/author of the project on GitHub?

Is it possible to view a social graph of forks?

How can one know if two repositories unrelated?

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Solution

Is it possible to view social graph of forks?

Yes, it is called the "Network Graph Visualizer"

https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a44a44c4d892b8e9f9dbd53a99ee0ec5da92d29b/687474703a2f2f696d672e736b697463682e636f6d2f32303038303431302d6262377731356a6e336d386432716b756d357764676e726a33622e706e67

The "original" repo is the one with the oldest commit. This can be accessed via the project page, click Insights top tab then click left-side tab Network (using Desktop browser, as of January 2019).


An alternative to list forks of a repo is branchesapp.

OTHER TIPS

How to find original page/author of project on GitHub?

As of Januhairy 2021, clicking on the number next to Fork button shows the original project.

How to know if two repositories unrelated?

Everything is connected.

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