What happens when you move your repository to an organisation?

[run-llm-locally]

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Does your stars, forks, and other metrics be preserved while shifting? Does the ownership of the repository change?

[shaaravraghu]

Yes. When you transfer a repository to an organization:

• ✅ Stars are preserved
• ✅ Forks are preserved
• ✅ Watchers are preserved
• ✅ Issues, PRs, discussions, releases, tags, commits, and contributors are preserved
• ✅ The repository history and URLs are automatically redirected

The main change is that ownership transfers from your personal account to the organization. The repository will be owned by the organization (e.g., org/repo instead of username/repo), though you can remain an admin or maintainer if granted the appropriate permissions.

So, all repository metrics stay intact, but the owner becomes the organization.