GitHub Operations Guide

GitHub Operations Guide

This guide covers repository operations that can be versioned in code and manual steps that must be done in the GitHub web UI.

In-Repo Operations (Versioned)

• Issue templates: ../.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/
• PR template: ../.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
• CI workflow: ../.github/workflows/ci.yml
• Release template: ../.github/release_template.md

Manual GitHub UI Steps (Not Stored in Repo)

• Create or update GitHub Project board.
• Define milestone dates.
• Configure branch protection rules.
• Configure required status checks.
• Update repository About description, website, and topics.
• Upload social preview image.

Discoverability-Specific GitHub UI Tasks

• About description should include: Pashto, ASR, TTS, NLP, and machine translation.
• Topics should include at least: pashto, pukhto, pushto, asr, tts, nlp, language-resources.
• Website should point to GitHub Pages search or docs home.
• After renaming the repository, update pinned repositories and profile links.

Recommended Project Board Columns

1. Backlog
2. Ready
3. In Progress
4. Review
5. Released