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https://api.github.com/repositories/999999999

Which leads to https://github.com/sameepabadhuge/fork1

So the count includes forks?

Would be interesting to know the billionth non-fork source repo.

>Repo 999999999: pushing forward the cutting edge of protein folding research

>Repo 1000000000: shit

The duality of programming

That repo is substantially more fascinating, and could have used the attention. What a shame. Who was the next repo, 1,000,000,001?

It doesn't exist. Turns out GitHub has a lot of private and deleted repos.

(Then there's 1000000002, https://github.com/minseon-01/flaskapp, similar to 999999999 in that it's a fork)

Right now it 404s. 1000000002 is https://github.com/minseon-01/flaskapp

Well 90% of everything is shit [1], so it's a fair representation.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

Your comment is funny but also not a joke. I think it's true. Some people seem to think this was a staged prank. I think the reality is that a lot of repos are just kids (or adults!) learning git with a friend and typing silly things in to keep things fun.

It's a new repo. What do you expect? I expect a new repo to be empty or nearly empty.

https://github.com/AasishPokhrel/digestion