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Deprecation of user to organization account transformation (github.blog)
submitted 3 days ago by nemeski@mander.xyz to c/github@programming.dev
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[–] Kissaki@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you want your organization to use your current username, you’ll need to rename your personal account first

Is it possible to automate observing user renames and then create new accounts effectively blocking them?

[–] gratux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

Of course it is, just have a bot periodically load one of your repos and check if it is still named the same