Reattach a "Detached" fork in Github?

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I'm wondering if there is anyway to reattach a "detached" repository in GitHub?

Order of events:

  1. Forked a private repository from an organization I belong to
  2. Parent, private repository went public
  3. I made my forked repository public as well (or get billed)
  4. Now when I was hoping to submit a pull request and merge some changes, I noticed that my fork is "detached" from the parent repository (see this explanation and confirmation as to why)

Is there any hope of "reattaching" this fork? Or do I rename my repository, fork again, and copy over code?

Any suggestions welcome.

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2 Answers

The answer to delete the repository is destructive and will lose any progress and comments in open pull requests.

The best solution is to contact GitHub via a support message detailing that you have changed a repository from private to public and the forks are in a detached state. GitHub will do the change for you, in my case within 30mins.

Support contact form: Github support contact page

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