How can I give access to a private GitHub repository

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I have a private git repository and I would like to extend its access to a member of my team  Will I be able to do it through the Github website  I have the username of my member   I have tried to do this by going through the admin page of the repository but there isn t such an option as I am not the owner

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It s working in 2021  Though the Repo has to be made private first then the click on settings   gt  Manage access   gt  Invite Collaborator The user who gets the repo access has to navigate to the repo and can make changes to the main branch

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It  s possible via Github Organizations  You have to create a new account    https   github com organizations new

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Struggled to find this as well  Heres a screenshot of how to do it

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It is a simple 3 Step Process    1  Go to your private repo and click on settings  2  To the left of the screen click on Manage access   3  Then Click on Invite Collaborator

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If you are the owner it is simple   Go to your repo and click the Settings button  In the left menu click Collaborators Then Add their name   Then collaborator should visit this example repo link https   github com user repo invitations Source  Github Docs

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Two steps   1  Login and click  Invite someone  in the right column under  People   Enter and select persons github id   2  It will then give you the option to  Invite Username to some teams  at which point you simply check off which teams you want to add them to then click  Send Invitation     Alternatively   1  Get the persons github id  not their email   2  Navigate to the repository you would like to add the user to  3  Click  Settings  in the right column  not the gearbox settings along the top   4  Click Collaborators long the left column  5  Select the repository name  6  Where it reads  Invite or add users to team  add the persons github id  7  An invitation will then be e-mailed   Please let me know how this worked for you

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It is a simple 3 Step Process    Go to your private repo and click on settings To the left of the screen click on Manage access Then Click on Invite Collaborator  This  but also - the invited user needs to be logged in to Github before clicking the invitation link in their email or they ll get a 404 error

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Your team members must be accessing the repository using SSH  amp  for that they have to have their ssh key mapped with github account  This will work if they map their ssh key with github account and also the repository has public rights  which they want to access

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