We should periodically archive the metadata that GitHub associated to each repository.
At the time of writing these info are retrievable via the [[ https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/rest/reference/repos#get-a-repository | repos/ API endpoint ]], see:
```
$ curl -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world
{
"id": 1296269,
"node_id": "MDEwOlJlcG9zaXRvcnkxMjk2MjY5",
"name": "Hello-World",
"full_name": "octocat/Hello-World",
"private": false,
"owner": {
"login": "octocat",
[...]
"deployments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/deployments",
"created_at": "2011-01-26T19:01:12Z",
"updated_at": "2020-10-12T19:39:07Z",
"pushed_at": "2020-10-10T17:46:53Z",
"git_url": "git://github.com/octocat/Hello-World.git",
[...]
"temp_clone_token": null,
"network_count": 1468,
"subscribers_count": 1689
}
```