Docs do not explain what the repository types mean

[sebbASF]

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos?apiVersion=2026-03-10#list-organization-repositories

lists the possible values for the query parameter type:

type string
Specifies the types of repositories you want returned
Default: all
Can be one of: all, public, private, forks, sources, member

However I could not find any information on what these different types represent.
In particular, sources and member.

Also, I assume a repository can be either public or private, but not both, but what about the other types (apart from all)?
For example, can type=forks also be included in public and/or private?

It would be a great help if the types were explained.

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[sebbASF]

If there is already documentation on the types, please could it be linked from here?

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