How do you set a repository description on GitHub? (2020)

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GitHub's UI changed since How do you change a repository description on GitHub? and the edit button is no longer there. Also, I couldn't find anything in the settings.

How do you do change the repository description since 2020? The cog can't be clicked.

Does this answer your question? [How do you change a repository description on GitHub?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7757751/how-do-you-change-a-repository-description-on-github) Apologies for the automatic message, I would suggest migrating the answer there to avoid fragmenting the information, the original qualifies to be a canonical source, so an answer there could be much more beneficial — Oleg Valter is with Ukraine, Jul 07 '20 at 02:04
to SOCVR: added a community wiki to the original Q&A to be fair to the answer here and to be consistent with the close vote as duplicate. To everyone: feel free to update / rewrite / change / leave as is. — Oleg Valter is with Ukraine, Jul 07 '20 at 02:23

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '20 at 08:30

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The cog should be clickable. It opens a modal which allows you to change the repository description.

answered Jul 06 '20 at 08:30

Musab Guma'a

Didn't work until I updated and restarted Chrome :-) Wouldn't have expected that. Thank you. – Michel Jung Jul 06 '20 at 15:24

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