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| author | Petros Amiridis <petros@amiridis.net> | 2011-06-10 09:59:31 +0300 |
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| committer | Petros Amiridis <petros@amiridis.net> | 2011-06-10 10:35:07 +0300 |
| commit | d2ad14b6954055a466ea4fb20a44e49e331dab3a (patch) | |
| tree | c350201c2ffe10853d2aae6657384c07c889b03c | |
| parent | a7639fe62f04f7879aa3da1774684c4113aac10e (diff) | |
added caveats sections to transfering a repository
| -rw-r--r-- | _posts/2008-01-06-move-a-repo.markdown | 10 |
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diff --git a/_posts/2008-01-06-move-a-repo.markdown b/_posts/2008-01-06-move-a-repo.markdown index a757587..99ef964 100644 --- a/_posts/2008-01-06-move-a-repo.markdown +++ b/_posts/2008-01-06-move-a-repo.markdown @@ -14,6 +14,16 @@ You can transfer ownership of a repository you own in the Admin page of your rep  +There are a few caveats, especially with regards to private repos: + +* The target user must not have a repository with the same name, or a fork in the same network. +* If the repository is private the target user must have a paid account with at least one unused private repository available. +* Private forks cannot be transferred, only root private repos. + +We cannot set up redirects with git, so every clone of the repository will need to have its remote updated. All you need to run to update your local repository is + + git remote set-url remote_name new_url + Existing forks -------------- |