Maintaining connection with Github repository changing owners

[noamross]

I have a GitHub repo linked to Zenodo that has already had a couple of Zenodo releases. I want to transfer ownership of the GitHub repository to another GitHub user. Will Zenodo still uptake releases from that other repository? Can we switch the "watched" repository of a Zenodo record or direct a new repository to an existing record? Thanks!

[feschmidt]

Are there any plans to move further on this? I have a repository that had one release, then ownership was transferred and I now tried to make a second release, via github itself which worked fine.

However, it seems that while Zenodo recognizes a change of ownership on the user's github page (https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/), clicking on the repository release page under https://zenodo.org/account/settings/github/repository/<new username>/<old repo name>, the repo and releases seem to still be linked to the old user, and the new releases return
{ "errors": "Unknown error occured." }

edit: This is regardless of whether the release is created by a tag or directly from a branch

[feschmidt]

and indeed the link to Create release... on the Zenodo github page still links to https://github.com/<old user>/<repo>/releases/new instead of https://github.com/<new user>/<repo>/releases/new

[MuellerSeb]

anything new on this? I am also planning to transfer a GitHub repo to another organization and don't want the Zenodo releases to break.

[sappelhoff]

I am also interested in this feature.

[samapriya]

Yeah stuck in the same situation here, I can create a release but since Zenodo cannot find the GitHub repo on my account anymore the release doesn't seem to be picked up by Zenodo

[benbovy]

FYI, I've just transferred a repo from my account to an organization (with Zenodo access enabled) on GitHub, logged in Zenodo and synced with GitHub, and it seems that Zenodo were able to automatically pick the new repo URL and keep the releases from the old repo URL (I haven't tried yet making a new release).

[RoyMudie]

@benbovy - don't suppose you've tried making a new release since the change to make sure this actually works now?

Facing the same problem. Leaving my current job and wanting to transfer ownership to a generic deparmental account. Obviously don't want to leave it broken :)

[benbovy]

@benbovy - don't suppose you've tried making a new release since the change to make sure this actually works now?

Not yet unfortunately, but I'll try to report here when we'll do so.

[jsdodge]

The GitHub documentation says that it automatically redirects the original URL to the transfer destination URL. This worked for me. I also found that I could update the URL in the Zenodo metadata without creating a new version.