Or: you could just rename your NPS repo -> BioTIP and recreate a very 
simple NPS repo that contains only a README.md file that says:

   This repository has been moved to 
https://github.com/xyang2uchicago/BioTIP

That kind of redirect should be OK from the grant submission perspective.

H.


On 8/22/19 04:51, Zhezhen Wang wrote:
> I see, thanks Herve and Martin!
> Zhezhen
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2019, at 6:00 AM, Martin Morgan <mtmorgan.b...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The requirement that the repository and package name be the same is 
>> something imposed by Biocondcutor during the submission process (it's 
>> probably best practice, but that isn't why the requirement is there); once 
>> the package is accepted it gets cloned into Bioconductor (as BioTIP) the 
>> github repository used for submission could be deleted -- we will never look 
>> at the github repository again, the maintainer is responsible for pushing 
>> changes to the Bioconductor git repository.
>>
>> So one could create a temporary repository BioTIP and manage the complexity 
>> of two repositories during submission (basically two remotes 'origin' 
>> (github/user/NPS) and 'upstream' (github/user/BioTIP) on the local BioTIP 
>> repository, with any changes pushed to both. Once the package is accepted, 
>> change 'upstream' to g...@git.bioconductor.org:pacakges/BioTIP and delete 
>> github/user/BioTIP. Continue to push to upstream and remote, to keep the 
>> public github and canonical bioconductor repositories in sync. These steps 
>> are described at 
>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bioconductor.org_developers_how-2Dto_git_&d=DwIGaQ&c=eRAMFD45gAfqt84VtBcfhQ&r=BK7q3XeAvimeWdGbWY_wJYbW0WYiZvSXAJJKaaPhzWA&m=dujEzslWeMIvlTaSOpEXKPSBhHSgfjJdT-5vXztzjNc&s=o36ekG8m2LTVHqFWfa1uu-vxfFxjblw1UE8I7Nm5fpc&e=
>>
>> Obviously not ideal, and really a workaround for limitations on the 
>> Bioconductor side of the fence, but it would not result in two permanent 
>> github repositories with the same content.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 8/22/19, 12:27 AM, "Pages, Herve" <hpa...@fredhutch.org> wrote:
>>
>>>     On 8/21/19 18:51, Zhezhen Wang wrote:
>>> Thank you so much for that remainder. The thing is the NPS linkage is
>>> already included in our grant submission, but then we found that there
>>> already is a package called NPS so we decided to change it BioTIP. Is
>>> making another copy and rename that to BioTIP the best way to solve my
>>> situation?
>>
>>     But then isn't it going to be somewhat painful to keep the 2 repos in
>>     sync? Sounds like using some kind of alias or redirect mechanism would
>>     be better but you would need to ask the Git or GitHub experts on how to
>>     do this.
>>
>>     H.
>>
>>>
>>> Zhezhen
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Pages, Herve <hpa...@fredhutch.org>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 21, 2019 7:47 PM
>>> *To:* Zhezhen Wang <zhez...@uchicago.edu>; Martin Morgan
>>> <mtmorgan.b...@gmail.com>; Vincent Carey <st...@channing.harvard.edu>
>>> *Cc:* bioc-devel@r-project.org <bioc-devel@r-project.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocCheck error
>>> Note that the name of the package (BioTIP) differs from the name of the
>>> GitHub repo (NPS). They will need to match if you intend to submit to
>>> Bioconductor. Thanks!
>>>
>>> H.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 8/20/19 09:20, Zhezhen Wang wrote:
>>>> I see, thank you Martin!
>>>> Zhezhen
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Martin Morgan <mtmorgan.b...@gmail.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:15 AM
>>>> To: Zhezhen Wang <zhez...@uchicago.edu>; Vincent Carey 
>>>> <st...@channing.harvard.edu>
>>>> Cc: bioc-devel@r-project.org <bioc-devel@r-project.org>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocCheck error
>>>>
>>>> I think this is from BiocCheck, needing access to CRAN / Bioconductor to 
>>>> look at package status. Likely there are issues accessing these sites 
>>>> (BiocManager::repositories()) from your computer. It seems not to be an 
>>>> issue that you as developer need to worry  about, provided you are 
>>>> confident that you are using current packages.
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>> On 8/20/19, 12:04 PM, "Bioc-devel on behalf of Zhezhen Wang" 
>>>> <bioc-devel-boun...@r-project.org on behalf of zhez...@uchicago.edu> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>      The github repo is 
>>>> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__github.com_xyang2uchicago_NPS&d=DwIGaQ&c=eRAMFD45gAfqt84VtBcfhQ&r=BK7q3XeAvimeWdGbWY_wJYbW0WYiZvSXAJJKaaPhzWA&m=DsHb4fuqI94H_l8UosIRZgMvGezo2wlah7MV9lZVBuw&s=XROazf2UylAST2t8NvzZfcr0Sv-Y4RL6G3WloKc-yVo&e=
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      ________________________________
>>>>      From: Vincent Carey <st...@channing.harvard.edu>
>>>>      Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 10:52 AM
>>>>      To: Zhezhen Wang <zhez...@uchicago.edu>
>>>>      Cc: bioc-devel@r-project.org <bioc-devel@r-project.org>
>>>>      Subject: Re: [Bioc-devel] BiocCheck error
>>>>
>>>>      If your package that generates the error is in a github repo, please 
>>>> give the details.
>>>>      If it is already in Bioconductor please give the name of the package 
>>>> and ensure we can
>>>>      get access to the code that is generating the error.  In general it 
>>>> is very hard to help unless
>>>>      we can reproduce the error you report.
>>>>
>>>>      On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:38 AM Zhezhen Wang 
>>>> <zhez...@uchicago.edu<mailto:zhez...@uchicago.edu>> wrote:
>>>>      Hi I am running BiocCheck on my new package and I get the following 
>>>> error message
>>>>
>>>>        *   Checking for deprecated package usage... Warning in 
>>>> readLines(file, skipNul = TRUE) : InternetOpenUrl failed: 'The server name 
>>>> or address could not be resolved' Error in readLines(file, skipNul = TRUE) 
>>>> : cannot open the connection
>>>>
>>>>      May I know what this error message means and how I can correct it?
>>>>
>>>>      Zhezhen
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>     Program in Computational Biology
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>>     Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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