Repositories documentation

You can archive content and data for other people to view and reference.

You can add a CITATION file to your repository to help users correctly cite your software.

You can use a CODEOWNERS file to define individuals or teams that are responsible for code in a repository.

You can choose to automatically send email notifications to a specific email address when anyone pushes to the repository.

GitHub limits the size of files allowed in repositories. To track files beyond this limit, you can use Git Large File Storage.

GitHub limits the size of files you can track in regular Git repositories. Learn how to track or remove files that are beyond the limit.

You can allow contributors with push access to your repository to merge their pull requests with different merge options or enforce a specific merge method for all of your repository's pull requests.

You can protect important branches by setting branch protection rules, which define whether collaborators can delete or force push to the branch and set requirements for any pushes to the branch, such as passing status checks or a linear commit history.

You can create a release to package software, along with release notes and links to binary files, for other people to use.