Account and profile documentation

Make GitHub work best for you by customizing your personal account settings and personalizing your profile page.

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Changing your GitHub username
You can change the username for your account on GitHub if your instance uses built-in authentication.
Managing your profile README
You can add a README to your GitHub profile to tell other people about yourself.

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Setting your commit email address
You can set the email address that is used to author commits on GitHub and on your computer.
Inviting collaborators to a personal repository
You can add users as collaborators to your personal repository.

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