Why do people archive their projects on GitHub instead of leaving it open? 3 points by AdityaSanthosh 3y ago ↗ HN Just wanted to know if there's any reason beside the obvious
[–] whatamidoingyo 3y ago ↗ It signifies that the project is no longer being maintained.> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 51.4 ms ] thread> You can archive a repository to make it read-only for all users and indicate that it's no longer actively maintained. You can also unarchive repositories that have been archived.
https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/archiving-a-github-r...