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Go to https://cachedview.com/
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Navigate to the deleted repo, e.g. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://github.com/apcera/termtables
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Copy latest known commit sha1 signature
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Ensure at least one sha1 signature in the fork commit list matches the one known to be in the original repo
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If it matches, use the fork
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August 26, 2019 16:39
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Save rjeczalik/81ff08b59d7841970fca82ca39f40a10 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
How to find forks of a deleted repository?
For what is worth, google cache is no more. My recommendation is you:
- use archive.is, like https://archive.is/https://github.com/apcera/termtables.
- It's probably not in it, but there you can easily click the links to check it on archive.org and smaller archive sites.
- On archive.org you can find https://web.archive.org/web/20180611000527/https://github.com/apcera/termtables.
- Mouse over the commit hash and copy the link. You get https://web.archive.org/web/20180611000527/https://github.com/apcera/termtables/commit/bcbc5dc54055d14996b256d348fb75cc6debe282, which contains the full hash.
Oh right, the new GitHub search also lets you search commit by hash it seems. https://github.com/search?q=bcbc5dc54055d14996b256d348fb75cc6debe282&type=commits goes directly to three forks.
an easier alternative: https://softwareheritage.org/
Thanks to all of you!
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