Contributions not showing up

[s-Radu]

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So, I forked a repo to work on some exercises, and yesterday I made two commits to the forked repo that are showing up on my contributions, today when I carried on working and committing, the contributions are not showing up and the virtual assistant says initially that the commits have not been made to Main and when committed another one to origin main, and asked the assistant again, It says that the repo is a fork. I get that but why does the commits from yesterday are showing up in the contributions?

[mdnurulmomen]

You almost got it ! Contributions from your forked repository is not merged at main repository yet ! Thus, contributions are not visible yet.
In order to merge with main repository, You have to make a pull request to that original project, where you forked it from.
Just make a pull request from your project to original project. And once your pull request is accepted & merged with main branch, you will be one of the contributors of that project.

If still there is an issue, please go through Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile ?

[mdnurulmomen]

Please, Let us know if the given answer helped you out or still there are other confusions.

[0dayhunter]

The behavior you're describing can be a bit complex due to how GitHub handles contributions from forked repositories. Let me explain:

1. Contributions from Forks:

   • When you fork a repository and make contributions (commits, pull requests, etc.) to the forked repository, those contributions often appear in your contributions graph.
   • This is because GitHub considers contributions to forks as valuable contributions to the open source community.

2. Forked Repositories and Contributions:

   • Contributions made in your fork's default branch (often "main" or "master") are attributed to your contributions graph, even if they haven't been merged into the original repository ("upstream").
   • This includes commits made to the default branch of your forked repository.

3. Change in Behavior:

   • It's possible that GitHub updated its algorithms or the way contributions are calculated, which might explain the change you're observing.

4. Assistance Message:

   • When you interact with the GitHub assistant, it might provide information based on the current state of your repositories, branches, and contributions. If you made a commit to your fork's "main" branch and it's not showing up, the assistant might not have updated information.

Remember:

• Contributions from forks can sometimes take a while to update on your profile. There might be a delay between making a commit and seeing it appear in your contributions graph.
• Contributions are often associated with the branch where the commit is made. If you're working on a different branch and not the "main" branch, the commits might not show up in the contributions graph.
• The "upstream" repository (the original repository you forked from) doesn't usually show your contributions unless they are merged into it.

If you've made commits to your fork's "main" branch, they should eventually show up on your contributions graph. However, if you're encountering persistent issues, you might want to reach out to GitHub support for further assistance.

[MoonRide303]

@0dayhunter @mdnurulmomen I am maintaining my own fork (Fooocus-MRE) with no intention of my changes to be merged into upstream repository (it has a bit different philosophy, and aims for different user group - so I stay in sync with it, but develop additional features separately).

Can I do anything for commits I make on my repository to show up on my profile as activity? Cause currently most of my activity is code / commits, and what my github profile says is simply not true:

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