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Repository access and maintainers

Choose which repositories each developer can see, and who manages each repository.

Admins see every repository. Each developer sees either every repository or only the ones they've been given.

Who can do this:Team adminsRepository maintainersOnly admins can add or remove maintainers.

Give a developer access

You can set access from either side. Both do the same thing.

Starting fromSteps
A personTeam › Members › the developer's actions › edit repository access. Choose All repositories or Selected repositories.
A repositoryOpen the repository › Settings › Access. Add or remove developers.

A developer with no repositories sees an empty dashboard and a message asking them to contact an admin.

Maintainers

A maintainer is a developer who manages one repository. On that repository, a maintainer can:

A maintainer can't change team settings or other repositories.

To make someone a maintainer, open the repository, go to Settings › Access, and turn on Maintainer next to their name.

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