I have free GitHub account and forked a private repo.
Now I'd like to add collaborators to my fork.
But there's no "Collaborators" tab under Settings page.
Is this functionality not available for free plans?
This is probably due to the fact that you forked a private repo. So, only the owner of the original repo that you forked may share the project with other users - you cannot. For the same reason, you (probably?) can't make a fork of a private repo public - only the owner of the original private repo can make it public.
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I recently created a private git repository for a project with my friends but I don't want all of them to be collaborators. Can I give some of them the ability to only create pull requests and not merge them?
You could have used protected branches, but they are only available with private repositories for GitHub pro, not GitHub free.
One workaround is simply to create a second private repository for your friends: thy can push to it, and make pull requests to your private repository from there.
My organization has a private repo and we've brought on a few contractors and given them access to the code base.
These contractors have been forking the code base, and I wanted to evaluate the potential security implications of that.
Could any of these forkers make the code public if they choose to?
If their access is removed from the original project, will their access to the forked repo also be removed?
Could any of these forkers make the code public if they choose to?
Yes, they can push it to a new public Git repo (on GitHub or any other Git hosting service)
If their access is removed from the original project, will their access to the forked repo also be removed?
See "Removing a collaborator from a personal repository"
While forks of private repositories are deleted when a collaborator is removed, the person will still retain any local clones of your repository.
For a better security, contractors usually operate on PCs inside the organization through VPN. Those PCs can then limit or prevent internet access.
Is there a way to have each contributor to a private repo have their commits be public on their github account, while still having the Github repo private?
The idea is to demonstrate contributor contribution to private repos, without revealing folder structure / code of the repo itself.
I am curious if I can add a collaborator for just watching my project without giving him the rights to make it public, yet.
So, the current situation would be:
- I created a private GitHub repo that I don't want to have public yet
- I have a colleague who does not have a paid GitHub account
- I want to add this colleague as "watcher" only without exposing the project to the public yet
Would that work?
Assuming you trust your collaborator to not clone the repo and post it publically, yes you can add them as a collaborator to see the private repo.
From Github's docs: "All collaborators must have GitHub accounts. It's easy to sign up, and even accounts on the free plan can collaborate on private repositories"
I have access to a private repository. If I fork the private repository what is the access the owner of the original repository or the admin of the original repository have to my forked repository? How do these rules change if I fork a public repository?
When forking a private repository, all the collaborators will be copied automatically, meaning the owner will have push rights to your fork. You can later remove collaborators from the repository settings page.
When forking a public repository collaborators are not copied so you'll be the only one with push rights.