Add info about transferring action repos, the marketplace `verified` badge and IDs

[Simran-B]

What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions/publishing-actions-in-github-marketplace

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

It would be nice to have a section about transferring action repositories and another about some finer details regarding the marketplace:

• A repo can be transferred and actions will continue to work because there is a redirect in place (users of the action won't have to update their workflows)
• An action in the marketplace is linked to a repository by ID, allowing for new releases to be published under the same marketplace listing from the "new" repo
• If an action repository is deleted, so is the marketplace listing. The unique name identifier becomes available again.
• The verified status seen on GitHub org profiles is different from the marketplace verified badge. By transferring an action repo, the owner changes and the marketplace badge will be lost unless the new owner is a verified publisher too.

Additional information

The above list is a brief summary of https://github.community/t/any-risks-of-moving-already-published-action-repository/163739

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[maintainer edit]

Content plan

Create new section in that article about the renaming/transferring Action repositories and include the above information.

[janiceilene]

Thanks for opening an issue @Simran-B! I'll triage this for the team to take a look 👀

[artursavin86]

[artursavin86]

iAd

[lucascosti]

Thanks a lot for collating that info, @Simran-B!

This makes a lot of sense to me. A new section in that article about the renaming/transferring Action repositories would be a good place to put it.

[linwilai918]

https://github.com/github/docs/issues/7573#issue-927103908

[Romyakron]

#Exceed LMS

[SoundaryaKoutharapu]

Hi @janiceilene can I proceed to the issue, by creating a A new section in that article about the renaming/transferring Action repositories and include the above info of 4 points.? is that four points enough.? Do I have include more info.?

[cmwilson21]

@SoundaryaKoutharapu Thanks for your interest in this issue! ✨ You, or anyone else, are welcome to create a PR including the directions above and the four points. Then, we can start the review process and request any changes 👍