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Merge pull request #1911 from folio-org/explain-archived-repository
Explain archived repository: read-only, fork, unarchive, GitHub search
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(**Note**: If the repository is to be **renamed** rather than archived, then there are various ramifications.
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Tread very carefully and follow the guide [Rename a module](/guides/rename-module/) instead.)
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Archiving means that the repository becomes read-only (see further [implications](#archive-as-read-only) described below).
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The repository is still able to be [forked](/guidelines/contributing/#fork-github-repository) and unarchived at any time.
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To exclude archived repositories from a GitHub search use [`NOT is:archived` qualifier](https://docs.github.com/en/search-github/github-code-search/understanding-github-code-search-syntax#is-qualifier).
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## Retain repository name
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While following these "archive" instructions, then under no circumstances can the repository be renamed (e.g. to mod-foo-deprecated, or some such).

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