Support repository categories

[hwittenborn]

As my number of repositories continues to grow, I'm seeing that it would be great if there was a way to categorize all of them so I could manage them better.

My initial idea includes either doing something where they're just listed under titled headers, or a folder-like system that I could place repositories inside of.

[Levi-Lesches]

Perhaps more fitting to the GitHub style of organizing non-hierarchical data: labels?

[hwittenborn]

I'm ideally looking for a way to categorize my repositories, without resorting to something like creating an organization.

I feel like your labels approach almost fits into what topics do - labels could only show results for a specific user, but it's not much of what I had in mind.

[thomson159]

hmm 🤔

[asbjornu]

Yes, please. What makes the flat list of repositories extra weird is the possibility to create a rich hierarchy of teams, assign complex roles and permissions to these teams in various repositories, and then still have repositories presented as a flat list without any connection to the teams that have ownership over them.

If only repositories could be "owned" by different teams and then presented in the same hierarchical order as the teams they are owned by, that would solve this whole debacle for me.

[BellettiR]

I agree: I'm currently using GitLab and its possibility to organize repositories is one of its best features.

[MarcoValliIMA]

Yes, it would be a great improvement of the repos organization if it would be possible to add purpose dependant repos into ad-hoc folders, like in GitLab. GitLab Subgroups

[MartinelliEleonora]

I agree with this idea.

[ghost]

This would be a nice addition to GitHub.

[dimontes]

It would be a great improvement of the repos organization if it would be possible to add purpose dependant repos into ad-hoc folders, like in GitLab. GitLab Subgroups

[tedchang77]

we're considering moving to github from bitbucket but this is major reason we are getting pushback. gitlab, bitbucket both support this. please consider adding.

[jimgrill]

Most devs at my company regret us moving away from Bitbucket to GH.

[201flaviosilva]

I really need this feature, being able to organize projects by "subgroups" or folders, it's essential. GitLab and Bitbucket have had this functionality for a long time.
Please add this :)

[Unused-Account]

༼ つ ◕__◕ ༽つ Yes please

[fullstackfern]

This would be extremely useful, even if it's just 1 level of nesting. I'm surprised this isn't a bigger topic since GitLab has had it for years.

READMEs or permission inheritance would be a cherry on top.

[BellettiR]

I'm surprised too. This is a huge limitation...

[nbrugger-tgm]

Not gona lie. Just grouping without any additional functionality would be enought

[BellettiR]

Not gona lie. Just grouping without any additional functionality would be enought

what kind of additional functionality are you looking for?

[nbrugger-tgm]

Not gona lie. Just grouping without any additional functionality would be enought

what kind of additional functionality are you looking for?

This was in response to the "root" comment, who mentioned

READMEs or permission inheritance would be a cherry on top.

[uclaeamsavino]

Is this something that could be done with a 3rd party plugin, or github app, or something similar? Because this issue has been around for a long time, and basically ignored. It seems pretty unlikely it's ever going to be implemented.

dear-github/dear-github#74

[hwittenborn]

Should I close this in favor of that issue? It's a heck of a lot older and has a ton of responses on it.

[201flaviosilva]

In my opinion, I don't think so, if the discussion remains open, it will ensure that the matter does not fall into oblivion 😅

[Levi-Lesches]

Also, this repository is the official feedback forum

[uclaeamsavino]

No - the more issues the better. Maybe something will happen.

[hwittenborn]

this repository is the official feedback forum

I didn't even realize that was posted in a different repository, guess I just overlooked it :p. That's enough incentive for me to keep the issue open.

[jerzydziewierz]

ok, so how do I upvote it?
and, by the way, I am coming from here: dear-github/dear-github#74

[jimgrill]

Same!

[TPS]

If you look @ the original post of this request (#4174 (comment)), you'll see ↑ on its bottom extreme left. That's the upvote. Click & make sure it's highlighted (like when you react, typically 👍, to a post). Congrats, you've upvoted.

[jimgrill]

I work at a large company with thousands of repositories and not having a good time here. My group alone has over 450 repos and it's basically becoming unmanageable. We migrated from Bitbucket two years ago and miss this feature every. single. day.

[201flaviosilva]

Completely true, I feel the same 😅

[fcoclavero]

Please! This is sorely needed in our organization.

[nbrugger-tgm]

Sorry to disappoint you but... We are at 7 years waiting (looking back at the original thread) so you better consider gitlab

[DanielRomanMartinez]

Bitbucket and Gitlab does it, why Github not yet?

[adityars-sidqi]

+1

[DanielRomanMartinez]

Maybe another up will help. I am starting to consider to move all company's repos to bitbucket.

[vmsilva-bi4all]

+1

[isarns]

+1

[ggomezGH]

Yes, Repo Groups would be a great addition

[wylliambastiani]

Jesus, nothing yet?

[alex-ioma]

I would suggest to close this ticket as WON'T FIX and make a big meme out of it.

That said, I love GH but for business repos (the ones that really need categories the most) the solution is already there. It's called GitLab (and it can be self-hosted).

[ggomezGH]

There is something i found yesterday, if you go to your Profile can create a List, then if you Star a repo can add it to that list and see all the repos in that list there. But for that you have to Star all repos, wich loses the purpose of using the star :V

[moseleyi]

This is a must-have at the moment when organisations move all their codebases to GitHub. Teams are good for managing groups of people but at the same time we need to manage groups of repositories!

[sovetski]

I don't like spamming but we really need an official update here (please) @tuves@ossanna16@github-staff@jricciardi

[Tnina2612]

+1

[RunoLight]

+1

[hartmut-mariadb]

At 100+ participants by now can we get at least some official reaction from GitHub, please?

[Dav3rs]

+1 This shouldn’t be forgotten it’s unacceptable that this feature still isn’t available at this point.

[christopherpicard]

Agreed, I continue to use Gitlab and Bitbucket because they provide this basic critical feature. Our company has been considering switching because of the Co-Pilot features, but the lack of the feature to group repos into projects makes the switch a non-starter. I wonder if the GitHub executives realize just how much lost revenue they have because they have not priorities this feature.

[alexis-franche]

+1