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So I read How to safely change github account name?
But if I just change my username from stevemoser to SteveMoser that shouldn't break any of my repos right? Or is Git case sensitive?
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After you change your username, GitHub will automatically redirect references to your repositories. Web links to your existing repositories will continue to work. This can take a few minutes to complete after you make the change.
GitHub treats usernames in a case insensitive way, but using all lowercase is kinder to people doing downstream regular expression work with usernames, in various languages. A better strategy for word separation is to use a hyphen - or underscore _ .
You can change your Github account name at any time. Links to your repositories will redirect to the new URLs, but they should be updated on other sites because someone who chooses your abandoned username can override the links.
Git uses a username to associate commits with an identity. The Git username is not the same as your GitHub username.
Just tested it out, and it'll break cloning urls (git://, ssh) (at least on windows.
Although, web Urls will still work as they're case insensitive.
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