Assignees clarify who is working on specific issues and pull requests.

Tips:

  1. On GitHub Enterprise, navigate to the main page of the repository.

  2. Issues and pull requests tab selection
    Under your repository name, click Issues or Pull requests.

  3. Issues metadata checkbox
    Select the checkbox next to the items you want to assign to someone.

  4. In the upper-right corner, click Assignee.
  5. Issues assignment drop-down
    To assign the items to a user, start typing their username, then click their name when it appears. You can select and add up to ten assignees to an issue or pull request.

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