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Account and profile documentation

Make GitHub Enterprise Server work best for you by adjusting the settings for your personal account, personalizing your profile page, and managing the notifications you receive for activity on GitHub.

Quickstart

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Changing your GitHub username
You can change the username for your account on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance if your instance uses built-in authentication.
Managing your profile README
You can add a README to your GitHub profile to tell other people about yourself.
About notifications
Notifications provide updates about the activity on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance that you've subscribed to. You can use the notifications inbox to customize, triage, and manage your updates.

Guides

Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?
Learn common reasons that contributions may be missing from your contributions graph.
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Managing notifications from your inbox
Use your inbox to quickly triage and sync your notifications across email and mobile.
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Managing the default branch name for your repositories
You can set the default branch name for new repositories that you create on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
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All Account and profile docs

Start here

Changing your GitHub username

Managing your profile README

About notifications

Popular

Guides

Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?

Managing notifications from your inbox

Managing the default branch name for your repositories

All Account and profile docs

Setting up and managing your personal account on GitHub

Setting up and managing your GitHub profile

Managing subscriptions and notifications on GitHub