GitHub Repository

Noun · Open Source

Definitions

  1. A source code repository hosted on GitHub, often including issues, pull requests, actions, docs, and community discussion around the code itself. In open-source culture, the repository is where project activity becomes publicly legible.

    In plain English: A repository hosted on GitHub.

    Example: "The new contributor spent an hour in the GitHub repository reading issues and pull requests before touching any code, which gave them a much better sense of how the project actually worked."

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