appier/Github-Policy

Appier GitHub Policy. Please read me before you start to use GitHub.

Appier GitHub Policy

Table of Contents

• For the developers
  • If you are using the personal GitHub account
  • Check list before you start to use GitHub
• For the project's owner or team lead
• For the GitHub administrator

For the developers

• To access Appier GitHub repositories or join the Appier GitHub, the applicant shall apply via IT help center. Please (1).provide the below information into the ticket (2) and your supervisor's approval in this ticket.

* Your GitHub account: 
* GitHub team: 
* Appier email: 

• The applicant is only allowed to access the projects/repositories which you are working on. To access the irrelevant project/repository is not allowed.
• We recommend you to create a new separated GitHub account with Appier Gmail for your work.

If you are using the personal GitHub account

• If you are using the personal GitHub account, please note the below mandatory requirement -
  • You shall know clearly what is your personal repository and what is the Appier repository. Fork any repo from Appier Organization to your personal project is a big no-no, and will be treat as a security issue.
  • you CAN NOT integrate the Appier repository with your personal hosting service like Netlify and so on.
  • add the company email in your account, and use it as primary email address.
  • revise your name as the same in the Appier, or you can add the name in Bio field, it's easier to identify who you are.
  • setup custom routing for Appier Org in notification page.

Check list before you start to use GitHub

• 2FA is enabled.
• My profile information is identifiable who am I in Appier.
• Finish the custom routing in the notification page. (*Only for the users who use the personal GitHub account)
• I've read the GitHub policy and fully understand.

For the project's owner or team lead

• The team lead or project's owner has the responsibility to manage the repository access.
• If you would like to publish the repository in public, you shall apply it via JIRA(ET project, assign to Jimmy.Hsiao) ticket and provide the repository name and reason for public.
• Outside collaborators are not allowed to access Appier organization repositories. The ropo's owner shall remove the outside collaborators or help them to join the Appier organization via the application process.
• For the candidate interview purpose, you can add the outside collaborator to a specific repository and there is NO any Appier's property in it.

For the GitHub administrator

• When the administrator add the new user, please also add the person into the team Appier developers.
• The administrator needs to update the access permission when the users onboard and offboard.
• The administrator needs to review the account & permission every 6 months.