A GitHub organization lets you manage and organize group-owned repositories.
You can create your own organization, or be a member of one.
Create Organization
- + Menu > New Organization > Name, Email
- Create button
- Finish button
- View the newly created organization
- Team > Create a new team > Team name, Description
- Create Team
- Add a person > add people..
Organization Repository
To create a new repository for the organization, follow the steps:
- + menu > Owner: choose organization > Repository name, Description
- Choose: Public/Private
- Check: Initialize this repository with a README
- Create Repository button
Team Repository Access
To give your organization teams access to the newly created repository, go to:
- Settings > Collaborators & teams > Teams > Add a team: select one of the organization’s teams
Note: Add people from the Collaborators area to the repository when you want people from outside your organization to collaborate on the project.