I can not add a collaborator to the private repo

[Yakimochkina]

Hi!

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I can not add a collaborator to the private repo. No chance to find a person.

I can not contact support promptly. What to do?

[tajmone]

That’s strange, you should be able to add collaborators to private repositories even with a Free account (although not many).

It looks like the problem is in the WebUI not showing users. I’ve recently added people to my own repositories, and from what I remember the list of people should start to fill in as you type, unless you’ve types a username that doesn’t exist (in which case the list is empty and the confirmation button get greyed out).

Same problem reported here:

<a href="https://github.community/t/cannot-add-collabolator-to-repository/204684/2">Cannot add collabolator to repository</a> <a class="badge-wrapper  bullet" href="/c/github-help/48"><span class="badge-category-bg" style="background-color: #6a737d;"></span><span style="" data-drop-close="true" class="badge-category clear-badge" title="Need help with your GitHub account or the core features of GitHub? This is the place to look for answers.">GitHub Help</span></a>

See this post, same problem: https://github.community/t/i-can-not-add-a-collaborator-to-the-private-repo/204664 if you join an existing thread your chances of finding a solution are higher, since you might discuss the issue with other uses who are experiencing the same problem, and because older posts are more likely to receive staff support first.

[Yakimochkina]

The problem is solved

[sutexdevteam]

Hi Yakimochkina, how do you solve this problem?

[kripa-vkover]

Type their git email id. You will be able to add.

[techZone19]

I am still not able to add them b adding git ids