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Update transferring-a-repository.md (#52059)
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Co-authored-by: Patrick Knight <patrick-knight@github.com>
Co-authored-by: Isaac Brown <101839405+isaacmbrown@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Felicity Chapman <felicitymay@github.com>
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Prerequisites for repository transfers:
* When you transfer a repository that you own to another personal account, the new owner will receive a confirmation email.{% ifversion fpt or ghec %} The confirmation email includes instructions for accepting the transfer. If the new owner doesn't accept the transfer within one day, the invitation will expire.{% endif %}
* To transfer a repository you must have administrator access to the repository.
{%- ifversion fpt or ghec %}
* Repositories on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %} can only be transferred to other owners on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom_the_website %}.
{%- ifversion ghec %}
* Repositories cannot be transferred into an {% data variables.enterprise.prodname_emu_enterprise %} from outside the enterprise, or vice versa.
{%- endif %}
{%- elsif ghes %}
* Repositories can only be transferred to an owner within the same {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} instance. For more information about moving a repository from {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_server %} to {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_cloud %}, see "[AUTOTITLE](/migrations/using-github-enterprise-importer/migrating-between-github-products/migrating-repositories-from-github-enterprise-server-to-github-enterprise-cloud)."
{%- endif %}
* To transfer a repository that you own to an organization, you must have permission to create a repository in the target organization.
* The target account must not have a repository with the same name, or a fork in the same network.
* The original owner of the repository is added as a collaborator on the transferred repository. Other collaborators to the transferred repository remain intact.
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