Manage repository collaborators

Manage repository collaborators in GitHub — with the four heights of help laid out: do it now, make it easier for the next person to accept, work out the right move when you are stuck, and learn the pattern so it stops coming back.

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The four heights

The same task, four distances: today's deadline, the next reviewer, the stuck moment, the pattern.

Execute — do the immediate task

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Add Sandeep and Mara as collaborators with write access to the repo, remove former contractor…
Add Sandeep and Mara as collaborators with write access to the repo, remove former contractor Joel's access, and enable two-factor authentication enforcement for all collaborators. Confirm the changes with the security lead and send Sandeep a short note about branch naming conventions they must follow.

Improve — make it easier to accept

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Before I change collaborator roles, make it easy for the team to accept the new access model:…
Before I change collaborator roles, make it easy for the team to accept the new access model: surface who will lose or gain write privileges, flag any CI tokens tied to removed accounts, and call out the owners who must be notified. Recommend a brief onboarding checklist for new collaborators that includes required 2FA and the branch naming rules.

Decide — diagnose the stuck moment

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I just removed Joel's collaborator access as his contract ended and immediately a deployment job…

I removed a contractor's access and a deployment key stopped working.

I just removed Joel's collaborator access as his contract ended and immediately a deployment job failed because its key was tied to his account. I didn't know a CI token depended on him and I can't reach Joel. What should I do now to restore CI and prevent this from happening again during offboarding?

Become — change the pattern

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Every time someone joins or leaves we scramble keys, roles, and notifications; builds fail or…

Access changes during staff churn break builds and slow reviews.

Every time someone joins or leaves we scramble keys, roles, and notifications; builds fail or reviews are delayed while we untangle access. Over the last six months this cost us a few hours per incident. What routine should we implement for collaborator management and offboarding so access changes are fast, safe, and predictable?

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