Account and profile documentation
Make GitHub work best for you by adjusting the settings for your personal account, personalizing your profile page, and managing the notifications you receive.
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Why are my contributions not showing up on my profile?
Learn common reasons that contributions may be missing from your contributions graph.
Managing notifications from your inbox
Use your inbox to quickly triage and sync your notifications across email and mobile.
Managing the default branch name for your repositories
You can set the default branch name for new repositories that you create on GitHub.