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The docs do specify a private repository already, but this adds a callout to emphasize that this doesn't mean "not public" but rather that it has to have visibility of private -- internal is not enough. It can be easy to think of internal as a different level of visibility for a private repository instead of a whole other type that affects the way other features interact with it.

Because of how we structure our organization I wanted our .github-private repo to be internal and for a while I could not figure out why the org profile wasn't showing. Since we had also moved to Enterprise Managed Users I defaulted to assuming it was connected to EMU and glossed over the visibility as a factor. Trying to do searches when troubleshooting this problem also didn't yield helpful results, partly because I assumed it was connected to EMUs. I almost moved on once I figured it out, but I suspect maybe I'm not the first or the last to be bitten by this. I figure worst case people searching on it might land here.

I also considered rewording the documentation itself, but I think this is more a problem of ensuring people have the right mental modal for private vs internal. I don't know if that has the same impact anywhere else, so a small callout to help people avoid making my mistake seemed like the best solution to me.

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Adding a callout to the member-only profile instructions

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The docs do specify a private repository already, but this adds a callout to emphasize that this doesn't mean "not public" but rather that it has to have visibility of private -- internal is not enough.
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