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Managing labels

Managing labels - GitHub Tutorial

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Managing labels

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- [Instructor] A common problem that occurs within collaborative teams on a GitHub project is that as time progresses, the amount of issues that are created can become overwhelming especially when no form of organization is applied to them. GitHub Labels attempt to solve that problem. Let's look at what Labels are and how we can use them in our repo. Labels are used as an identifier for several key aspects within GitHub, but in this video, we'll focus on how to use them alongside issues. We can find the Label menu under the Issues tab within our repo. To do so, simply select the Labels menu tab found next to the new Issue button, to access all the labels that exist in our repo. By default, GitHub provides nine labels in every repository created. As shown they arrange from duplicate to help needed. We can also customize our own label to best reflect our team and projects dynamic. We will be creating a new label for a…

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