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GitHub Frequently Asked Questions

Acceptable Use

Users of the Service must follow:

The Service is appropriate for many academic uses as well as some business and administrative uses. The Service is not appropriate for:

Electronic Protected Health Information (EPHI) subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Data controlled for export under Export Control Laws (EAR, ITAR).
Personally Identifiable Information (PII), including Social Security Numbers, credit card numbers, and bank or financial account numbers.
High Risk Activities such as those involving business records in which loss or inappropriate disclosure would result in large consequences in terms of economic loss, loss of trust, or legal liability.

I have a repo that I'd like to migrate to tamu-edu or tamu-edu-students

Read more about the Migration Process from github.tamu.edu

Why do I need to move to tamu-edu or tamu-edu-students on github.com?

Background information may be found here

Where do I go to get access to tamu-edu or tamu-edu-students on github.com?

Specific details on getting started may be found here

Where do I find compliance data about github.com?

The GitHub Security Portal has specific information about GitHub's approach to security and compliance data for GitHub Enterprise Cloud:

I have another question not already covered. How do I get help?

If you have additional questions, contact us

Are there size limitations?

The standard storage guidelines from GitHub are available here. Additional information about paid services is available here

I want to have a public repo? What do I need to do? why?

Can I have the same deploy key on multiple repositories?

No, GitHub does not support this.