GitHub Administration Guides
Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”This section collects common GitHub administration tasks to help maintainers keep repositories healthy and secure.
Topics
Section titled “Topics”- CODEOWNERS and mandatory reviews: define file ownership and require approvals from the right people.
- Branch naming conventions via protection rules: enforce consistent branch names with patterns such as
feature/*. - Pull request and issue templates: standardize submissions using default templates.
- Managing GitHub secrets and variables: store sensitive data for Actions and workflows.
- Self-hosted runner installation and registration: configure and secure custom runners for GitHub Actions.
- Webhook integrations: send repository events to external systems.