I fixed some minor typos from someone's GitHub repository and now, in my GitHub profile, the repository is listed as one of which I have contributed to. Is there any way to remove it from my profile?
How to remove names from “GitHub contribution list”
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Nowadays, GitHub supports archiving repositories.
Archiving repositories
You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
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- On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
Under your repository name, click ⚙ Settings.
Under "Danger Zone", click Archive this repository or Unarchive this repository.
- Read the warnings.
Type the name of the repository you want to archive or unarchive.
- Click I understand the consequences, archive this repository.
Read more at GitHub help on Archiving a GitHub repository
You can try and reverse how pull requests happen.
- Go to your fork
Issue a Pull Request
By default this will be your fork on the right (head repo) requesting to push its commits and changes to the original repo (base repo) on the left.
Click the drop down for both base repo and head repo and select each other's repos.
You want yours listed on the left (accepting changes) while the original repository is on the right (the one with changes to push). As illustrated in this image:
Send the pull request
If your fork has not had any changes, you should be able to automatically accept the merge.
If your code somehow conflicts or is not quite clean enough, then this will not work to update via the GitHub web interface and you will need grab the code and resolve any conflicts on your machine before pushing back to your fork.
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Best Answer
Right now the only way to "remove" your name from the "Repositories contributed to" and "Repositories you contribute to" lists is to bury it with more commits on more active projects.
The repos that show up there are based on two key ranking factors:
So all you need to do is commit more to other projects and do so on projects with more activity than those you want to push down.
That is until GitHub release a new feature where you can cherry pick what shows up in those two boxes.