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link: Help.GitHub
Deleting a repo
Deleting a private repo will delete all forks of the repo. Deleting a public repo will not.
Go to the repository homepage → Admin → Delete this repository
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Setup
- Installing git (OSX)
- How to install git on OSX
- Generating SSH keys
- How to generate SSH keys and add them to GitHub
- Troubleshooting SSH issues
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- Setting user name, email and GitHub token
- Configure your local git installation so that commits are linked to your GitHub account
- Installing Git HTML help
- How to install the local git HTML help files
- Working with SSH key passphrases
- SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
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Repos
- Deleting a repo
- How to remove a repo from your GitHub account
- Moving a repo
- How to move a repo from one account to another
- Removing sensitive data
- Dealing with accidentally committed passwords or other sensitive information
- Splitting a subpath out into a new repo
- How to generate a new repo from a subpath, retaining history.
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Collaborating
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- How to fork a project, submit changes, and pull from other repos in the fork network
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Mac
- Installing git (OSX)
- How to install git on OSX
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- Setting up SSH keys on Mac OSX
- Working with SSH key passphrases
- SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
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Windows
- Generating SSH keys (Win/msysgit)
- Setting up SSH keys with msysgit on Windows
- Working with SSH key passphrases
- SSH key passphrases, why you should use them, and how to avoid re-entering them
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Linux
- Generating SSH keys (Linux)
- Setting up SSH keys on Linux