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  • Set up git

    Set Up Git
  • Create a repo

    Create A Repo
  • Fork a repo

    Fork A Repo
  • Be social

    Be Social

Sometimes you just need a little help.

Common Issues

  • Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?
  • Why is Git always asking for my password?
  • Dealing with non-fast-forward errors
  • Error: Repository not found
  • HTTPS cloning errors
  • What are the limits for viewing content and diffs in my repository?
  • Remove sensitive data
  • How do I access my organization account?
  • What are the different access permissions?
  • Why are my commits linked to the wrong user?
  • Error: remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout
  • My repository is marked as the wrong language
  • Bootcamp
    • Set Up Git
    • Create A Repo
    • Fork A Repo
    • Be Social
    • GitHub Glossary
    • Good Resources for Learning Git and GitHub
  • Setup
    • Setting your email in Git
    • Setting your username in Git
    • Dealing with line endings
    • Keeping your email address private
  • Setting up and managing your GitHub user account
    • Securing your account with two-factor authentication (2FA)
      • About Two-Factor Authentication
      • Configuring two-factor authentication via a TOTP mobile app
      • Downloading your two-factor authentication recovery codes
      • Providing your 2FA authentication code
      • Recovering your account if you lost your 2FA credentials
      • Disabling two-factor authentication for your personal account
    • Managing user account settings
      • Changing your GitHub username
      • Deleting your user account
      • What's the difference between user and organization accounts?
      • Publicizing or hiding organization membership
      • Permission levels for a user account repository
      • What happens when I change my username?
      • Connecting with third-party applications
    • Managing email preferences
      • Adding an email address to your GitHub account
      • Changing your primary email address
      • Remembering your GitHub username or email
  • Setting up and managing your GitHub profile
    • Customizing your profile
      • About your profile
      • Setting your profile picture
    • Managing contribution graphs on your profile
      • Viewing contributions on your profile
      • Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?
  • Using Git
    • Git cheatsheet
    • Ignoring files
    • Associating text editors with Git
    • What is a good Git workflow?
    • Using Git blame to trace changes in a file
    • Resolving a merge conflict from the command line
  • Setting up and managing organizations and teams
    • Creating a new organization account
      • About organizations
      • Creating a new organization from scratch
      • Converting a user into an organization
    • Setting up teams for accessing organization repositories
      • Permission levels for an organization repository
      • Creating teams
      • Adding people to teams in an organization
      • Removing a member from a team in your organization
      • Removing a user from your organization
    • Keeping your organization secure
      • Ensuring that organization members have enabled two-factor authentication
      • Reviewing the audit log for your organization
      • Auditing applications owned by your organization
    • Managing organization settings
      • Accessing your organization's settings
      • Renaming an organization
      • Transferring organization ownership
      • Deleting an organization account
      • Converting an organization into a user
  • Organizations
    • How do I access my organization account?
    • What are the different access permissions?
    • Removing yourself from an organization
  • Security
    • Updating your GitHub access credentials
    • What is a strong password?
    • How can I reset my password?
    • Reviewing your security log
    • Preventing Unauthorized Access
    • Sudo Mode
  • Repositories
    • Integrating JIRA with your projects
    • Creating a new repository
    • Cloning a repository
    • Making a public repository private
    • Making a private repository public
    • About repository transfers
    • Transferring a repository owned by your personal account
    • Transferring a repository owned by your organization
    • Renaming a repository
    • Duplicating a repository
    • Deleting a repository
    • About Webhooks
    • My repository is marked as the wrong language
    • Can I archive a repository?
    • HTTPS cloning errors
    • Issues-only access permissions
    • Getting permanent links to files
    • Relative links in READMEs
    • Section links on READMEs and blob pages
    • What are the limits for viewing content and diffs in my repository?
    • Adding an existing project to GitHub using the command line
    • Error: Repository not found
    • Error: Remote HEAD refers to nonexistent ref, unable to checkout
  • Managing Large Files
    • Working with large files
      • Conditions for large files
      • Removing files from a repository's history
      • Distributing large binaries
    • Versioning large files
      • About Git Large File Storage
      • Installing Git Large File Storage
      • Configuring Git Large File Storage
      • Collaboration with Git Large File Storage
      • Moving a file in your repository to Git Large File Storage
      • Removing files from Git Large File Storage
  • Search
    • Searching GitHub
    • Advanced Search
    • Search Syntax
    • Searching repositories
    • Searching code
    • Searching issues
    • Searching users
  • Notifications
    • About notifications
    • Watching repositories
    • About notification emails
    • Managing notifications for pushes to a repository
    • News Feed
    • Managing notification delivery methods
    • Listing watched repositories
    • Unwatching repositories
    • Managing notifications
  • Stars
    • About Stars
    • Managing your stars
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Using keyboard shortcuts
  • Building a strong community
    • Helping people contribute to your project
      • Setting guidelines for repository contributors
      • Adding a license to a repository
    • Moderating comments and conversations
      • Editing a comment
      • Deleting a comment
      • Locking conversations