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

You can only create assignments for yourself, collaborators on personal projects, or members of your organization with read permissions on the repository.

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

  2. Issues or Pull Requests tab selectionIn the repository's right sidebar, click Issues or Pull requests.

  3. Issues metadata checkboxSelect the checkbox next to the items you want assigned to someone.

  4. In the upper-right corner, click Assignee.
  5. Issues assignment drop-downTo assign the items to a user, start typing their username, then click their name when it appears.

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