## GitHub Docs <!-- omit in toc -->

This repository contains the documentation website code and Markdown source files for [docs.github.com](https://docs.github.com).

GitHub's Docs team works on pre-production content in a private repo that regularly syncs with this public repo.

In this article:

- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [READMEs](#readmes)
- [License](#license)

## Contributing

### Start contributing right now:

We accept a lot of [different contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md/#types-of-contributions-memo), including some that don't require you to write a single line of code.

#### Click **make a contribution** from docs

As you're using the GitHub Docs, you may find something in an article that you'd like to add to, update, or change. Click on **make a contribution** to navigate directly to that article in the codebase, so that you can begin making your contribution.

<img src="./assets/images/contribution_cta.png" width="400">

#### Open an issue

If you've found a problem, you can open an issue using a [template](https://github.com/github/docs/issues/new/choose).

#### Solve an issue

If you have a solution to one of the open issues, you will need to fork the repository and submit a pull request using the [template](https://github.com/github/docs/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-request-template) that is visible automatically in the pull request body. For more details about this process, please check out [Getting Started with Contributing](/CONTRIBUTING.md).

#### Join us in discussions

We use GitHub Discussions to talk about all sorts of topics related to documentation and this site. For example: if you'd like help troubleshooting a PR, have a great new idea, or want to share something amazing you've learned in our docs, join us in [discussions](https://github.com/github/docs/discussions).

#### And that's it!

That's how you can get started easily as a member of the GitHub Documentation community. :sparkles:

If you want to know more, or you're making a more complex contribution, check out [Getting Started with Contributing](/CONTRIBUTING.md).

There are a few more things to know when you're getting started with this repo:

1. If you're having trouble with your GitHub account, contact [Support](https://support.github.com/contact).
2. We do not accept pull requests for translated content - see [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md) for more information.

## READMEs

In addition to the README you're reading right now, this repo includes other READMEs that describe the purpose of each subdirectory in more detail:

- [content/README.md](content/README.md)
- [content/graphql/README.md](content/graphql/README.md)
- [content/rest/README.md](content/rest/README.md)
- [contributing/README.md](contributing/README.md)
- [data/README.md](data/README.md)
- [data/reusables/README.md](data/reusables/README.md)
- [data/variables/README.md](data/variables/README.md)
- [includes/liquid-tags/README.md](includes/liquid-tags/README.md)
- [includes/README.md](includes/README.md)
- [javascripts/README.md](javascripts/README.md)
- [layouts/README.md](layouts/README.md)
- [lib/liquid-tags/README.md](lib/liquid-tags/README.md)
- [middleware/README.md](middleware/README.md)
- [script/README.md](script/README.md)
- [stylesheets/README.md](stylesheets/README.md)
- [tests/README.md](tests/README.md)

## License

The GitHub product documentation in the assets, content, and data folders are licensed under a [CC-BY license](LICENSE).

All other code in this repository is licensed under a [MIT license](LICENSE-CODE).

When using the GitHub logos, be sure to follow the [GitHub logo guidelines](https://github.com/logos).