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Enabling GitHub.com repository search from your private enterprise environment

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You can connect your personal accounts on GitHub.com and your private GitHub Enterprise environment to search for content in certain GitHub.com repositories from GitHub Enterprise Server.

About search for GitHub.com repositories from GitHub Enterprise Server

You can search for designated private repositories on GitHub Enterprise Cloud from your GitHub Enterprise Server instance. For more information about searching across environments, see "About searching on GitHub."

Prerequisites

An enterprise owner for GitHub Enterprise Server must enable GitHub Connect and unified search for private repositories. For more information, see "Enabling unified search for your enterprise."

Enabling GitHub.com repository search from GitHub Enterprise Server

  1. Sign into GitHub Enterprise Server and GitHub.com.
  2. On GitHub Enterprise Server, in the upper-right corner of any page, click your profile photo, then click Settings. Screenshot of GitHub's account menu showing options for users to view and edit their profile, content, and settings. The menu item "Settings" is outlined in dark orange.
  3. In the left sidebar, click GitHub Connect.
  4. Click Connect to GitHub.com.