1 00:00:00,025 --> 00:00:08,691 [SOUND] Up until now, we've been using Github as ourself, as a user. 2 00:00:08,691 --> 00:00:12,101 However, sometimes you might wanna use Github with other people that you work 3 00:00:12,101 --> 00:00:13,230 closely with. 4 00:00:13,230 --> 00:00:16,510 This could be your employer, an open source organization, or 5 00:00:16,510 --> 00:00:18,510 a personal project you're working on. 6 00:00:18,510 --> 00:00:20,500 When you have a group of people working together and 7 00:00:20,500 --> 00:00:25,160 you need multiple repositories you probably need a GitHub Organization. 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,430 A GitHub organization lets you manage and organize group-owned repositories. 9 00:00:29,430 --> 00:00:31,430 Here is an example. 10 00:00:31,430 --> 00:00:33,720 Say you already have a GitHub account. 11 00:00:33,720 --> 00:00:35,700 We'll use mine for example. 12 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:39,700 You've been working on personal projects and contributing to Open Source. 13 00:00:39,700 --> 00:00:42,090 Then you get a job at Acme, Inc. 14 00:00:42,090 --> 00:00:46,800 Acme, Inc is using a GitHub Organization to manage their repositories. 15 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:50,060 Acme, Inc can invite you to collaborate on the repositories it'd 16 00:00:50,060 --> 00:00:54,040 like you to have access to without giving you access to everything. 17 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:57,110 You can be a member of a bunch of different organizations, but 18 00:00:57,110 --> 00:00:59,320 you'll only ever have your one user account. 19 00:01:01,010 --> 00:01:04,210 >> Let's create an organization of our own to learn how to use GitHub as 20 00:01:04,210 --> 00:01:05,630 part of a group. 21 00:01:05,630 --> 00:01:10,230 At the top of your screen, click the Plus icon and then choose New Organization. 22 00:01:11,310 --> 00:01:13,560 Now let's give our organization a name. 23 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:18,550 I'll call mine KDaygel inc., but you can call yours whatever you'd like. 24 00:01:18,550 --> 00:01:21,570 Most organizations just use their company name. 25 00:01:21,570 --> 00:01:25,190 Your organization will get a profile just like your user does. 26 00:01:25,190 --> 00:01:27,370 Your organization profile can be a great way for 27 00:01:27,370 --> 00:01:30,900 a company to share its open source projects in a single place. 28 00:01:30,900 --> 00:01:33,890 We'll be using your organization through the rest of this stage. 29 00:01:33,890 --> 00:01:36,290 So make sure to pick a name that's memorable. 30 00:01:36,290 --> 00:01:39,640 Fill out your name and then enter your email address. 31 00:01:42,990 --> 00:01:47,000 And then click Create organization at the bottom of the page. 32 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:49,260 We'll only be using public repositories, so 33 00:01:49,260 --> 00:01:52,160 creating this organization won't cost you anything. 34 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:55,990 Normally though, when working in an organization, you'd be using private 35 00:01:55,990 --> 00:02:00,480 repositories to keep your code private, and there is cost associated with that. 36 00:02:00,480 --> 00:02:03,550 Let's skip the step to invite people in your new organization, 37 00:02:03,550 --> 00:02:05,020 because we'll be doing that later. 38 00:02:06,370 --> 00:02:10,060 Great, you're the owner of a brand new GitHub organization. 39 00:02:10,060 --> 00:02:14,780 In the next video, we'll start using one organization specific feature, teams.