Changing repository description in git
git, github, github-for-windows
Solution
You can only change the GitHub repository descriptions of projects which you own. Simple read/write access is not enough to change that. You basically need the same privileges as you need to access the administration section of a project.
Problem
I'd like to change repository description of the project I'm working on but "Edit" button does not appear in GitHub web site. I use GitHub for Windows and provided shell. Although description is present on web site `.git\description` file has default contents and `\description` file is absent in `root` folder. Where is the description of the project is stored then if it is present on GitHub? I changed `.git\description` but the changes are not visible to the git status. How to change the project description without creating `\description` file in the `root` folder or creating links to its `.git\description` version?