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Correctly fetch and display parent repo stats for forks #165

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fix : fetching parent repo's stats for forked repos
saishmungase Oct 24, 2025
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chore: Remove debug print statements
saishmungase Oct 24, 2025
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63 changes: 39 additions & 24 deletions github.py
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Expand Up @@ -205,17 +205,31 @@ def fetch_all_github_repos(github_url: str, max_repos: int = 100) -> List[Dict]:

params = {"sort": "updated", "per_page": min(max_repos, 100), "type": "all"}

status_code, repos_data = _fetch_github_api(api_url, params=params)
status_code, repos_list = _fetch_github_api(api_url, params=params)

if status_code == 200:
projects = []
for repo in repos_data:
if repo.get("fork") and repo.get("forks_count", 0) < 5:
continue

repo_name = repo.get("name")

contributors_data = fetch_repo_contributors(username, repo_name)
for repo in repos_list:
repo_details_source = repo
repo_owner = username

is_forked = repo_details_source.get("fork", False)

if is_forked:
# second call to get parent data
detail_status, detailed_repo_data = _fetch_github_api(repo["url"])

if detail_status == 200 and "parent" in detailed_repo_data:
if detailed_repo_data["parent"].get("forks_count", 0) < 5:
print(f"-> Skipping fork '{repo['name']}' as parent has less than 5 forks.")
continue
repo_details_source = detailed_repo_data.get("parent")
repo_owner = repo_details_source["owner"].get("login")


repo_name = repo_details_source.get("name")

contributors_data = fetch_repo_contributors(repo_owner, repo_name)
contributor_count = len(contributors_data)

user_contributions, total_contributions = fetch_contributions_count(
Expand All @@ -225,32 +239,32 @@ def fetch_all_github_repos(github_url: str, max_repos: int = 100) -> List[Dict]:
project_type = (
"open_source" if contributor_count > 1 else "self_project"
)

project = {
"name": repo.get("name"),
"description": repo.get("description"),
"github_url": repo.get("html_url"),
"live_url": repo.get("homepage") if repo.get("homepage") else None,
"live_url": repo_details_source.get("homepage") if repo_details_source.get("homepage") else None,
"technologies": (
[repo.get("language")] if repo.get("language") else []
[repo_details_source.get("language")] if repo_details_source.get("language") else []
),
"project_type": project_type,
"contributor_count": contributor_count,
"author_commit_count": user_contributions,
"total_commit_count": total_contributions,
"github_details": {
"stars": repo.get("stargazers_count", 0),
"forks": repo.get("forks_count", 0),
"language": repo.get("language"),
"description": repo.get("description"),
"created_at": repo.get("created_at"),
"updated_at": repo.get("updated_at"),
"topics": repo.get("topics", []),
"open_issues": repo.get("open_issues_count", 0),
"size": repo.get("size", 0),
"fork": repo.get("fork", False),
"archived": repo.get("archived", False),
"default_branch": repo.get("default_branch"),
"stars": repo_details_source.get("stargazers_count", 0),
"forks": repo_details_source.get("forks_count", 0),
"language": repo_details_source.get("language"),
"description": repo_details_source.get("description"),
"created_at": repo_details_source.get("created_at"),
"updated_at": repo_details_source.get("updated_at"),
"topics": repo_details_source.get("topics", []),
"open_issues": repo_details_source.get("open_issues_count", 0),
"size": repo_details_source.get("size", 0),
"fork": is_forked,
"archived": repo_details_source.get("archived", False),
"default_branch": repo_details_source.get("default_branch"),
"contributors": contributor_count,
},
}
Expand All @@ -269,13 +283,14 @@ def fetch_all_github_repos(github_url: str, max_repos: int = 100) -> List[Dict]:
print(
f"📊 Project classification: {open_source_count} open source, {self_project_count} self projects"
)

return projects

elif status_code == 404:
print(f"GitHub user not found: {username}")
return []
else:
print(f"GitHub API error: {status_code} - {repos_data}")
print(f"GitHub API error: {status_code} - {repos_list}")
return []

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
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