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  • Managing repository settings
    • About repository transfers
    • Transferring a repository owned by your personal account
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    • Renaming a repository
    • Making a public repository private
    • Making a private repository public
    • Deleting a repository
  • Managing branches in your repository
    • Setting the default branch
    • Viewing branches in your repository
    • Deleting and restoring branches in a pull request
  • Configuring pull request merges
    • About merge methods on GitHub
    • Configuring commit squashing for pull requests
  • Defining the mergeability of pull requests
    • About protected branches
    • Configuring protected branches
    • About required status checks
    • Types of required status checks
    • Enabling required status checks
    • About branch restrictions
    • Enabling branch restrictions
    • About required reviews for pull requests
    • Enabling required reviews for pull requests
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