From 4ca51ff9b403784fede7aa18901486384b0e4655 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Hopkins Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:00:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/9] document some limitations on repo topics This info on topic limitations may not be exhaustive, but I have discovered some of these points through trial-and-error. Would be good to document them in a way similar to this. --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 0227ac595d..d660fd08eb 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -47,3 +47,15 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For ![Form to enter topics](/assets/images/help/repository/add-topic-form.png) 4. After you've finished adding topics, click **Save changes**. !["Save changes" button in "Edit repository details"](/assets/images/help/repository/edit-repository-details-save-changes-button.png) + +## Limitations and quotas + +The following limitations apply to topics: + +- Topic names only include basic alphanumeric characters. +- Topic names may NOT include capital letters. +- Topic names may be no longer than 50 characters. +- Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. + + + From 79fed8a811bc79b211de79ff99e8473a1a02a8a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Hopkins Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:15:09 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/9] fix first sentence, remove blank lines --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index d660fd08eb..1579a190be 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -52,10 +52,7 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For The following limitations apply to topics: -- Topic names only include basic alphanumeric characters. -- Topic names may NOT include capital letters. -- Topic names may be no longer than 50 characters. +- Topic names can only include basic alphanumeric characters. +- Topic names can NOT include capital letters. +- Topic names can be no longer than 50 characters. - Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. - - - From 4221b9f4081264bda9ef965629a4b41ae4217693 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:51:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 1579a190be..28c33bd4de 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For ## Limitations and quotas -The following limitations apply to topics: +When creating a topic: - Topic names can only include basic alphanumeric characters. - Topic names can NOT include capital letters. From 7357f953023335241bdb27fd27263ab7fdeb95b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:51:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 28c33bd4de..767cc0d59a 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For When creating a topic: -- Topic names can only include basic alphanumeric characters. +- use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. - Topic names can NOT include capital letters. - Topic names can be no longer than 50 characters. - Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. From b80e1347a516734fcc71cb85fdea1e02e1244040 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:52:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 767cc0d59a..7fab75e447 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -53,6 +53,5 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For When creating a topic: - use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. -- Topic names can NOT include capital letters. - Topic names can be no longer than 50 characters. - Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. From 6b3260d9e9e6a90b3e648ecf9e6b2c804ff6462b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:52:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 7fab75e447..335831f797 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For When creating a topic: - use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. -- Topic names can be no longer than 50 characters. +- use 50 characters or less. - Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. From b4fe0bf8f487dffd0525924f8c706a034f7766b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:52:39 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 335831f797..1fc7ffdf5e 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ When creating a topic: - use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. - use 50 characters or less. -- Each repository cannot have more than 20 topics. +- add no more than 20 topics. From 5f60263ebf08a93173f57ab90f37dbb6d258ea45 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Janice Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:53:02 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 8/9] Update content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 1fc7ffdf5e..5ce037c68f 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For ## Limitations and quotas When creating a topic: - - use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. - use 50 characters or less. - add no more than 20 topics. From 6b06569a596e14b02ded0d5ab0c14889e5bb31e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Hopkins Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 11:41:26 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 9/9] move topic limitations to existing section --- .../classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md index 5ce037c68f..d0c0323f74 100644 --- a/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md +++ b/content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md @@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ Repository admins can add any topics they'd like to a repository. Helpful topics You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For more information, see "[Searching for repositories](/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-for-repositories#search-by-topic)." You can also search for a list of topics on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. For more information, see "[Searching topics](/search-github/searching-on-github/searching-topics)." +When creating a topic: +- use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. +- use 50 characters or less. +- add no more than 20 topics. + ## Adding topics to your repository {% note %} @@ -47,10 +52,3 @@ You can search for repositories that are associated with a particular topic. For ![Form to enter topics](/assets/images/help/repository/add-topic-form.png) 4. After you've finished adding topics, click **Save changes**. !["Save changes" button in "Edit repository details"](/assets/images/help/repository/edit-repository-details-save-changes-button.png) - -## Limitations and quotas - -When creating a topic: -- use lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens. -- use 50 characters or less. -- add no more than 20 topics.