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This version of GitHub Enterprise will be discontinued on This version of GitHub Enterprise was discontinued on 2019-07-12. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the latest version of GitHub Enterprise. For help with the upgrade, contact GitHub Enterprise support.

Learning about GitHub

Types of GitHub accounts

Your user account is your identity on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance. Your user account can be a member of any number of organizations.

Access permissions on GitHub

While you can grant read/write access to collaborators on a personal repository, members of an organization can have more granular access permissions for the organization's repositories.

GitHub glossary

Below are a list of some Git and GitHub specific terms we use across our sites and documentation.

Git cheatsheet

Git and GitHub learning resources

There are a lot of helpful Git and GitHub Enterprise resources on the web. This is a short list of our favorites!

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