--- title: How to Use the .github Repository | daily.dev description: GitHub has many special repositories, like the README in your profile. The .github repository acts as a fallback for repositories that don't have these types... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Use the .github Repository | daily.dev og:description: GitHub has many special repositories, like the README in your profile. The .github repository acts as a fallback for repositories that don't have these types... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ohP3VuKIe.png og:image:alt: How to Use the .github Repository og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How to Use the .github Repository **[freeCodeCamp](https://daily.dev/sources/freecodecamp)** · [@anishde12020](https://daily.dev/anishde12020) · 8 min read · 79 upvotes · 12 comments ## Summary GitHub has many special repositories, like the README in your profile. The .github repository acts as a fallback for repositories that don't have these types of community health files. The first file I will add is a bug report issue form. I am also going to create a feature request form. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@neilsmind** · 1 upvotes > Nice productivity boost for developers (orgs?) who create a lot of repos **@ghana7989** · 1 upvotes > awesome **@mrakcw** · 1 upvotes > 👌 **@mheob** · 1 upvotes > I learned something new. Thanks a lot! **@jayakornk** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for a very useful feature. Will try this on my project. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#community](https://daily.dev/tags/community), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Use the .github Repository","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-the-github-repository-ohp3vukie"},"datePublished":"2021-12-14T18:18:35.148Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T05:24:01.541Z","description":"GitHub has many special repositories, like the README in your profile. 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