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Changing repository description in git


I'd like to change repository description of the project I'm working on but "Edit" button does not appear in GitHub web site.

I use GitHub for Windows and provided shell.

Although description is present on web site .git\description file has default contents and \description file is absent in root folder. Where is the description of the project is stored then if it is present on GitHub?

I changed .git\description but the changes are not visible to the git status.

How to change the project description without creating \description file in the root folder or creating links to its .git\description version?


Solution

  • You can only change the GitHub repository descriptions of projects which you own. Simple read/write access is not enough to change that. You basically need the same privileges as you need to access the administration section of a project.