If I change my github username to new_username
will my github page projects be my new username?
Example: https://old_username.github.io/project_name
will become https://new_username.github.io/project_name
,
and https://old_username.github.io/
will become https://new_username.github.io/
.
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Answers
Changing your username changes your pages subdomain. I changed my username and
https://old_name.github.io/project
becamehttps://new_name.github.io/project
.As stated in the article, mentioned in the comment section by @evolutionxbox, you can read more about it following the next source:
From the GitHub Reference page:
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.
Command line pushes from your local repository clones to the old remote tracking URLs will continue to work.
If the [new owner of your old username] creates a repository with the same name as your repository, that will override the redirect entry and your redirect will stop working. Because of this possibility, we recommend you update all existing remote repository URLs after changing your username.