How to setup GitHub write-only access

Question

I am looking to create a GitHub repository to collect Python scripts from around 30 people. However, I want these people to be able to push to the repository without seeing its contents, i.e. have write-only access. In other words, I am looking for the following access-controls:

Public : write
Owner : read + write

Is there a way to do this easily (or at all)?

I should also say that I have GitHub premium, so I have the abillity to make private repositories.

user229044 · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-02 16:49:51Z

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You cannot do this. You cannot make updates to a Git repository without first reading (cloning) the repository. Git deals in commits, and for a user to create a new commit, they need to have the previous commit and its commit ID.

Git is not the right tool for this job.

answered Nov 2, 2018 at 16:49

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peachykeen Over a year ago

Are you aware of any tools, similar to Git, that would allow for this?

user229044 Over a year ago

You could make one Github repository per person, but generally no. It would help if you described your actual usecase.

peachykeen Over a year ago

I am helping a professor teach a class, and we are trying to come up with a good way for students to submit work that we can then easily batch-grade.

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