Russ Bishop – Github Renamed Me

In preparation for a new post, I logged in to GitHub lately. I created my account two years in the past in anticipation of with the ability to open-source extra code and I needed to order my title; I had a few forked repos however that is it. A brand new child and a spouse with main again surgical procedure will do this to you.

Think about my shock after I logged in at this time and located that my account had been renamed. Not was I often known as github.com/rbishop. As an alternative, I used to be now relegated to github.com/rbishop-xx.

How curious.

I subsequent seen a warning about verifying my SSH key.

“Why self, I do not keep in mind importing an SSH key simply but”

“Properly self, that is since you have not“

Now I used to be much more curious. Had my account been hacked? Had I made a mistake someplace? That is after I checked Account Settings, Safety, Safety Historical past and behold two months in the past:

Whoever this rathjenc character was, he had not solely renamed my account however he uploaded an SSH key, thus permitting him to switch my repos at-will.

Simply who was this rathjenc fellow?

Now I’m merely left with questions.

Why is an official Github consultant renaming accounts and modifying individuals’s SSH keys with out a lot as an electronic mail to the account holder?

There’s now a brand new proprietor of the rbishop title: Richard B; is he a pal of Chris? Was Chris doing his buddy a favor by kicking me off?

Or maybe it is as a result of Richard B is a member of their Developer program. Perhaps individuals who pay extra or develop Github integrations have precedence on names?

Perhaps it is simply coverage which you could take another person’s title in case you ask actual good ?

Regardless of the case, I definitely could not discover any documentation of this forced-renaming coverage on Github’s web site, and as everyone knows they seem to be a skilled group. They certainly don’t have founder’s non-employee wives running around intimidating employees.

As I stated earlier, how curious.