Add Collaborator
A step-by-step guide to adding collaborators to your GitHub repository for seamless teamwork.
In this guide, you'll learn how to invite other developers to collaborate on your GitHub project. Adding collaborators gives them direct push access to your repository, allowing for efficient team development.
Team Collaboration
Directly adding collaborators is ideal for small teams or private projects where you want specific individuals to have write access without going through the fork-and-pull-request workflow.
Inviting a Collaborator
Follow these steps to add a new member to your GitHub repository.
Navigate to the main page of your repository on GitHub and click on the Settings tab located in the top navigation bar.
In the left sidebar menu, find the Access section and click on Collaborators.
For security reasons, GitHub may ask you to confirm your identity. Click on Use passkey or follow the prompts to verify your access to the settings.
On the Collaborators page, click the Add people button to open the invitation dialog.
Type the GitHub username or email address (e.g., tshewang.rinzin2016@gmail.com) of the person you want to invite.
Click on the user record that appears in the dropdown to select them.
Click the Add [username] to this repository button to send the invitation.
Invitation Sent!
The user will receive an email invitation and a notification on GitHub. They must accept the invitation before they gain access to the repository.