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> if the official repo is taken down, your forks will disappear unless you have a copy.

https://help.github.com/en/github/collaborating-with-issues-...

I don't think that's true, I've personally recovered deleted repositories by finding its forks.

edit: Ah never mind it seems things work differently in the case of DMCA takedowns

There is also a big difference between clicking `fork` on github vs cloning and creating a new repository (on github) and then changing the remote URL and pushing.

The latter isn't "github fork" even if it is a "git fork" and won't be affected by most[1] automated takedowns.

1> where most is defined as somewhere between 0 and 100%

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