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How to Compare Two GitHub Repositories and Highlight Differences in Python

Fetch metadata from two GitHub repositories using the GitHub API and compare key attributes like stars, forks, license, and language, printing any differences.

github-api api comparison
Python
import requests
import json
from pathlib import Path

def fetch_repo_data(owner, repo_name):
    """Fetch repository metadata from GitHub API."""
    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo_name}"
    response = requests.get(url)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()

def compare_repos(…
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