Some of the git.io URLs I've seen in the UI don't appear to resolve to this repository

[nelsonjchen]

Instead they resolve to a repository under the fish-shell organization.

Take this URL which is found in omf --help:

https://git.io/oh-my-fish

Or the message mentioned in issue #60.

https://git.io/omf-issues

Was this working before the DMCA request?

[bpinto]

Nope, we forgot to update those links, could you open a PR fixing them? It would be very welcome!

[nelsonjchen]

I'm curious if @github would be willing to modify the short URLs and fix it that way.

[nelsonjchen]

Let me see if I can gather a list of them.

[nelsonjchen]

Oh it looks like the message in #60 was just updated to not use git.io but the full link.

[nelsonjchen]

That leaves:

• https://git.io/omf ➡️ https://github.com/fish-shell/oh-my-fish/raw/master/bin/install
  • in Travis (WTF! Why isn't CI failing left and right?!)
• https://git.io/oh-my-fish ➡️ https://github.com/fish-shell/oh-my-fish
  • -h

[nelsonjchen]

I think the former should be fixed up by one of the many PRs that will be applied to .travis.yml. That leaves the latter. I'll contact GitHub and see if they would be willing to change that short URL.

[nelsonjchen]

Or the alternative, setup fish-shell/oh-my-fish to redirect here.

[derekstavis]

Perhaps @bucaran could help us with the redirect?

[nelsonjchen]

If the repository is transferred, it would have already setup a redirect. I don't think you can make redirects other than with transferring.

[nelsonjchen]

GitHub support was able to delete the original URL. I was able to reregister a new vanity URL. Unfortunately, I had to append a # to the end of the URL as someone had already put the https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish URL to another git.io URL.

[derekstavis]

Awesome!! Thanks man!!

[ghost]

@nelsonjchen Thanks. There is no way to remove git.io URLS, other than contacting GitHub.

git.io/oh-my-fish points to https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish#

Also, even if you transfer repos, all redirects are preserved, so other than a naming inconsistency, nothing stops working.

[bpinto]

Great work on contacting github!

[bobthecow]

looks like /omf still points to fish-shell?

[nelsonjchen]

It does but it looks like the only use of that in the codebase is in Travis. It's not in a user facing GUI.

[ghost]

Nope, git.io/omf should point to the raw of https://github.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish/blob/master/bin/install, which lets you curl -L git.io/omf | sh

[nelsonjchen]

I'll just reopen this issue then. It does seem pretty convenient but it should probably be documented in the readme once that URL is fixed.

[nelsonjchen]

Another formed fill and sent to GitHub support.

[ghost]

It was there originally.

[nelsonjchen]

Github Support deleted the original short URL at omf.

https://git.io/omf now points to the URL @bucaran says it should be. 👍 :)

[ghost]

👍