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Mr. Snrub
Mr. Snrub

Reputation: 342

What is the visibility when you "publish" a release of a private repository on GitHub?

I am working with a project on a private GitHub repository. I'm looking to bundle up source code (based on a given tag) plus some binary objects as a release.

My question is what does it truly mean to "publish" a release? The docs only tell me that publishing a release will "publicize" it:

If you're ready to publicize your release, click Publish release.

When the "publish" button is clicked, does a notification get sent out? Who gets notified, and/or who can see the actual release? Since this is a private repository I don't want notification or visibility to the GitHub community as a whole.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1124

Answers (2)

jflamy
jflamy

Reputation: 33

Publishing means "make it visible" to the people who have access. Publishing a release to a private repository makes it visible to the people that have been given access to the private repository.

Upvotes: 1

fatalcoder524
fatalcoder524

Reputation: 1480

As far as I know, the notifications are sent to all the people who are watching your repo. Also if you are in your organization repo, it will be notified to all the users of your organization.

Upvotes: 1

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