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Managing files

You can create, edit, move, and delete files in a repository, directly on GitHub Enterprise Cloud or on the command line.

  • Creating new files

    You can create new files directly on GitHub Enterprise Cloud in any repository you have write access to.

  • Adding a file to a repository

    You can upload and commit an existing file to a repository on GitHub Enterprise Cloud or by using the command line.

  • Moving a file to a new location

    You can move a file to a different directory on GitHub Enterprise Cloud or by using the command line.

  • Editing files

    You can edit files directly on GitHub Enterprise Cloud in any of your repositories using the file editor.

  • Renaming a file

    You can rename any file in your repository directly in GitHub Enterprise Cloud or by using the command line.

  • Deleting files in a repository

    You can delete an individual file or an entire directory in your repository on GitHub Enterprise Cloud.

  • Customizing how changed files appear on GitHub

    To keep certain files from displaying in diffs by default, or counting toward the repository language, you can mark them with the linguist-generated attribute in a .gitattributes file.