Can't fork repo: GH errornously says fork altready exists

[virtualritz]

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I am trying to fork https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO under my virtualritz account.

But the option is grayed out. It says virtualritz/OpenImageIO already exists. But it doesn't. I never forked this repository before.

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[davevad93]

Hi @virtualritz ,

This usually happens when a repo has already been forked and then renamed, I've checked your list of forked repos and that's indeed the reason, your repo oiio is actually a fork of AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenImageIO, just sync your fork from the upstream repository.

[virtualritz]

Ah, cool. Maybe there should be a hint added to the fork page? Or maybe even the grayed out name of the renamed repo displayed in the box?

[davevad93]

Hey @virtualritz , as far as I know there's a way to check if a repo has already been forked and its name by clicking on the arrow next to the fork button, here's an example: