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Detect transferring of repositories between two accounts from outside via API #24903
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Hi, Actors: Repo01 - name of the example repository UserA - an example user with one “Repo01” repo, I’m not the owner UnknowUserB - an example account name with, I’m not the owner and I dont know the name in advance Scenario: UserA use “Transfer Repository” feature to transfer Repo01 from himself to UserB UnknowUserB accept “Transfer Repository” request and now “Repo01” is at github.com/UnknowUserB/Repo01 Is there any way to detect such operation via public API? So I could update extrenal repository list and put the new url there? |
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If you know the original owner name and original repository name, you can find out where it went by using the Get repository REST endpoint. For example, I know that atom/tree-sitter-syntax was transferred to atom-archive/tree-sitter-syntax. If I access https://api.github.com/repos/atom/tree-sitter-syntax, I’m redirected to https://api.github.com/repositories/67171757, which reveals that the repository full name is I hope that helps! |
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If you know the original owner name and original repository name, you can find out where it went by using the Get repository REST endpoint. For example, I know that atom/tree-sitter-syntax was transferred to atom-archive/tree-sitter-syntax. If I access https://api.github.com/repos/atom/tree-sitter-syntax, I’m redirected to https://api.github.com/repositories/67171757, which reveals that the repository full name is
atom-archive/tree-sitter-syntaxnow.I hope that helps!