Commits show my personal GitHub account, but they aren't appearing on my contribution graph after moving my school email

[JariusBedward]

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Hello everyone,

I'm trying to consolidate my GitHub activity from two personal accounts into one, but I'm having trouble getting my historical contributions to appear on my main account's contribution graph.

I originally had two separate personal GitHub accounts:

My school account, which used my College email address. (I was forced to create a separate account for my schoolwork by my professors)

My personal account, which I want to use as my main GitHub profile going forward.

Here's what I've done so far:

I added my school email address to my personal GitHub account and verified it.

I have kept my email addresses private enabled on my personal account.

I waited more than 24 hours for GitHub to update the contribution graph.

I checked the .patch file for one of my historical commits, and it shows my school email address as the author email.

My school repositories are public and are not owned by a school organization.

When I view the commits in those repositories, GitHub now displays my personal username (JariusBedward) as the author.

My contribution on my school account has vanished since moving the email.

Despite this, the historical commits still aren't appearing on my personal account's contribution graph.

I'm trying to understand a few things:

1. If GitHub is already recognizing my personal account as the author of these commits, why aren't they appearing on my contribution graph?

2. Could the repositories' ownership be affecting this? Would transferring the repositories from my old school account to my personal account make the historical commits appear on my contribution graph?

3. Is there another step I need to take to get GitHub to associate these older commits with my personal account?

I'd really appreciate any guidance. I've been trying to consolidate my GitHub activity so that my personal profile accurately reflects the work I've done throughout college.

Thank you!