How to add icon to my repository?

Question

I have found that Gitlab and SourceTree support icons for every repositories which make them more specific and easy to find at one glance.

How is this possible?

Solution 1

We as a developer sometimes need a change to make our tools look different.

You can add a small(I prefer 96px x 96px) logo.png image file to the root of your repository.

Which makes your project more specific and easy to find with gitlab or SourceTree git client. Unfortunately github does not support this feature.

It is very simple but it works!

Update: Thanks to your comments I have found another way within Gitlab repository settings:

hope you enjoy this trick and make your tools more fun :)

Solution 2

If you want to put an icon on your project in Gitlab, do the following instructions:

1. Go to your project then in left side click on 'Setting'
2. Click on 'General' then in 'General project' section hit Expand
3. Then in project avatar section hit Choose file... your avatar icon file and upload it.
4. Finally hit Save changes

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[NOTE]:

• _{Note that you should have the Maintainer permission on this project.}
• _{Maximum size is 200KB}

Comments

[BrokenBinary]

In GitLab, under the project settings there is a place to upload a "Project Avatar".

[Cœur]

The feature has been broken on SourceTree for about 2 years: jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-3096

[Mohsen Mirhoseini]

I don't think so, cause I am using this feature right now! Read the last comment from the link you sent.

[Benyamin Jafari - aGn]

@VaggelisManousakis Yes, you should have the Maintainer permission on this project.