What is a repository?
Read about it in the definitions topic.

Who can create a new repository?
A new repository can be created by anyone. The person who had logged in automatically becomes the freshly created repository's “owner” It can also be created by another trusted person (i.e. a manager) of the owner too. (Read about setting a person as a manager here)

What are the mandatory requirements?
Git Winch should be aware of the Org. name for which the repository is to be created. If this orgname was not set, then Git Winch will first ask you to book such a name.

The Personal Access Token must be correctly created with the create repository permission. If you are the owner of that PAT, you should enter that key in the PAT text-input box on the Manage page, and then proceed to create a repository.

A repository can also be created by a manager delegated by the owner of the PAT. In that case, the owner of the PAT should create an encrypted version of the PAT and share that encrypted version to that trusted person.

Such managers should NOT enter that encrypted key into the PAT text-input box. (i.e. that box must be left empty) Instead, Git Winch will specifically ask for the encrypted PAT and then proceed to create a new repository. The original owner will remain the owner of the repository.

Read more about PAT here.

Restrictions
The new repository name must be lower-case alphanumerical (and you can give underscore too) You MUST create repositories ONLY from within Git Winch. That means you cannot go to the said Git Host and create a repository there or use some other tool to create repositories.

IMPORTANT
You cannot clone a repository immediately after you have created it –even if you are the owner! You will have to first created deploy keys for yourself and other office workers you want to work in that repository. And; you will also have to add yourself (and those workers) as a member of that repository. Such membership addition/deletion can also be done by the delegated manager of that repository (on behalf of the owner)

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