The public, open-source repository powering GitHub’s own documentation site, hosting documentation content, guides, governance, and contribution workflows. GitHub's Docs team works on pre-production content in a private repo that regularly syncs with this public repo. Use the table of contents icon Table of contents icon on the top right corner of this document to navigate to a specific section quickly. The GitHub product documentation in the assets, content, and data folders is licensed under a CC-BY license. All other code in this repository is licensed under the MIT license.

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  • Docs written in Markdown and version-controlled like code
  • Applies GitHub Pages to render documentation site
  • Accepts community contributions via PRs
  • Covers topics like repo creation, workflows, security, features
  • Enables collaborative documentation improvements via GitHub UI
  • Follows enterprise guidelines and best practices

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TypeScript

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2025-08-08