Discourage user from adding user to forked repo

Question

Hi

I have created an private repo and added another user to it with read access.

Now when this user forks my repo in his/her account then he/she should not be able to invite user for that repo.

What i meant is: My private repo is "HelloWorld". I invited user "A" to work on it. Now "A" forked this repo as private, which created a new repo(named "HelloWorld-A") associated with his account. And "A" can further invite another user to this "HelloWorld-A" repo.

What I want is that "A" should not be allowed to send further invitation for "HelloWorld-A".

Please suggest what should be done.

Ana Retamal · Accepted Answer

Hi Sameer, welcome to the Community.

When you create a repo, you can decide which forking options you provide: allow forks, don't allow forks, or allow only private forks.

However, once the repo has been forked, you can not control which actions can be taken upon that repo. If you allow only private forks, the person that forked it will still be able to invite users to the repo, same as with any other private repos.

If you want to avoid that, you might want to consider preventing forks all-together.

Hope this clarifies your concerns.

Kind regards,

Ana