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this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2024
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I find the language of the article a little confusing, too. But I'm a noob when it comes to GitHub. I have a couple of private projects that I've never shared, so not sure if this applies to me or not. We also plan on transitioning to GitHub at work. It's always smart to assume nothing ever gets truly deleted from an internet service.
If you only ever keep your repository private AND it is not a fork of a public repo, then you are fine. Full stop.
If you ever fork the repo and make a "INTERNAL" private fork but move the main project public then anything you commit to the private fork will be discoverable through the public project.
Basically you should assume if you make a repo public then the repo and all of its forks will be public-- even if the forks are "private" the commit data can be found through the main repo.