Maintaining ownership continuity of your personal account's repositories

You can invite someone to manage your user owned repositories if you are not able to.

Inviting a successor

The person you invite to be your successor must have a GitHub account.

  1. 在 GitHub 任意页面的右上角，单击你的个人资料照片，然后单击“ Settings”****。

  2. 在左边栏中，单击 “Account”****。

  3. Under "Successor settings", to invite a successor, begin typing a username, full name, or email address, then click their name when it appears.

    Screenshot of the "Successor settings" section. The string "octocat" is entered in a search field, and Octocat's profile is listed in a dropdown.

  4. Click Add successor.

  5. 如果出现提示，请确认你的帐户是否拥有 GitHub 访问权限。 有关详细信息，请参阅“Sudo 模式”。

The user you've invited will be listed as "Pending" until they agree to become your successor.