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Adding Users

Users can only be added to the Department of Veterans Affairs organization on GitHub.com by requesting an invitation.

Adding Users Through People

Official documentation on inviting users can be found here.

  • Open the department-of-veterans-affairs
  • Navigate to People
    people location
  • Select Invite member
    invite members button location
  • Add the users email and click Invite
    Note: We do NOT invite users by GitHub Username due to the fact that typos can cause unwanted users to have access to the organization
    invite member dialogue

Adding Users Through github-support

  • Navigate to github-support issues
  • Navigate to a user request issue or create a new issue detailing the user that is getting added
  • Add a comment to the issue with the /invite user.email@va.gov
    Note: To have access to the /invite command you must be a member of the github-support Triage team
    issue comment with invite user command sample

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