You can manage your work on GitHub by creating labels to categorize issues, pull requests, and discussions. You can apply labels in the repository the label was created in. Once a label exists, you can use the label on any issue, pull request, or discussion within that repository.
GitHub provides default labels in every new repository. You can use these default labels to help create a standard workflow in a repository.
Label
| Description
|
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bug
| Indicates an unexpected problem or unintended behavior
|
documentation
| Indicates a need for improvements or additions to documentation
|
duplicate
| Indicates similar issues, pull requests, or discussions
|
enhancement
| Indicates new feature requests
|
good first issue
| Indicates a good issue for first-time contributors
|
help wanted
| Indicates that a maintainer wants help on an issue or pull request
|
invalid
| Indicates that an issue, pull request, or discussion is no longer relevant
|
question
| Indicates that an issue, pull request, or discussion needs more information
|
wontfix
| Indicates that work won't continue on an issue, pull request, or discussion
|
Default labels are included in every new repository when the repository is created, but you can edit or delete the labels later.
Issues with the
good first issue
label are used to populate the repository's
contribute
page. For an example of a
contribute
page, see
github/docs/contribute
.
Organization owners can customize the default labels for repositories in their organization. For more information, see "
Managing default labels for repositories in your organization
."
Anyone with write access to a repository can create a label.
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On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository.
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Under your repository name, click
Issues
or
Pull requests
.
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Above the list of issues or pull requests, click
Labels
.
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To the right of the search field, click
New label
.
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Under "Label name", type a name for your label.
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Under "Description", type a description to help others understand and use your label.
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Optionally, to customize the color of your label, edit the hexadecimal number, or, for another random selection, click
.
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To save the new label, click
Create label
.
Anyone with triage access to a repository can apply and dismiss labels.
- Navigate to the issue, pull request, or discussion.
- In the right sidebar, click
Labels
, then click a label.
Anyone with write access to a repository can edit existing labels.
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On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository.
-
Under your repository name, click
Issues
or
Pull requests
.
-
Above the list of issues or pull requests, click
Labels
.
-
In the labels list, to the right of the label you want to edit, click
Edit
.
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Under "Label name", type a name for your label.
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Under "Description", type a description to help others understand and use your label.
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Optionally, to customize the color of your label, edit the hexadecimal number, or, for another random selection, click
.
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Click
Save changes
.
Anyone with write access to a repository can delete existing labels.
Deleting a label will remove the label from issues and pull requests.
-
On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository.
-
Under your repository name, click
Issues
or
Pull requests
.
-
Above the list of issues or pull requests, click
Labels
.
-
In the labels list, to the right of the label you want to delete, click
Delete
.