Article version: Enterprise Server 2.15

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Repositories

You can manage the settings available to repository administrators on your GitHub Enterprise Server appliance.

Allowing admins to enable anonymous Git read access to public repositories

To simplify how custom tools work on your instance and bypass authentication requirements, you can allow repository administrators to enable anonymous Git read access to public repositories on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

Preventing users from changing anonymous Git read access

You can prevent repository administrators from changing anonymous Git read access to a repository or to all repositories.

Preventing users from changing a repository's visibility

You can prevent members from changing the visibility of organization-owned repositories on your GitHub Enterprise Server appliance.

Preventing users from deleting organization repositories

You can prevent members from deleting or transferring repositories in organizations on your GitHub Enterprise Server appliance.

Archiving and unarchiving repositories

As a site admin you can archive or unarchive a repository in the Site admin dashboard.

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