How do I programattically identify forked github repos?-CodePudding

Using the github API, how can I determine if a repo has been forked from another repo? An example using gh api would be ideal.

Context: I would like to apply some different automated processing to my github repos depending on whether or not they have been forked from another repo.

CodePudding user response：

Thanks, but that doesn't work for private repos

An API call would work if you are using an account which has the right to access said private repository.

I just tested with a private repository of mine:

echo ghp_YOUR_TOKEN| gh auth login --with-token
gh api --method=GET repos/<user>/<repo> --jq ".fork"
false/true