# Ansible Galaxy username syncing with Github

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** galaxy-ng\
**Created:** [September 15, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266 "2015-09-15T08:58:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kmf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kmf/32/490_2.png) [@kmf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kmf)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 8:58am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266/1 "2015-09-15T08:58:09Z")

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Hi

Will usernames be synced from Github to Galaxy, when the switch happens in January,reason I’m asking is that my github username is 3 characters and it seems that Galaxy only supports 4 characters and up.

Karl

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**Author:** ![James\_Cammarata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@James\_Cammarata](https://forum.ansible.com/u/James_Cammarata)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266/2 "2015-09-15T15:02:27Z")

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Hi Karl, we can adjust that to match what Github allows, thanks for pointing it out!

As for the linkage, you’ll have to add the Github social linkage yourself, which you can do from your profile page on Galaxy.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/838e76/32.png) [@Greg\_DeKoenigsberg1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Greg_DeKoenigsberg1)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2015, 4:25pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266/3 "2015-09-15T16:25:51Z")

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> Hi
> 
> Will usernames be synced from Github to Galaxy, when the switch happens in  
> January,  
> reason I'm asking is that my github username is 3 characters and it seems  
> that Galaxy only supports 4 characters and up.

Something we'll be working on. No answer as yet. Best thing to do is  
to file an issue to be sure:

[https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues](https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues)

(I don't think I've seen this one, so please be sure to file it.)

--g

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**Author:** ![kmf](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/kmf/32/490_2.png) [@kmf](https://forum.ansible.com/u/kmf)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2015, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-galaxy-username-syncing-with-github/19266/4 "2015-09-17T13:00:14Z")

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> [https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues](https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues)

Done, [https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues/issues/72](https://github.com/ansible/galaxy-issues/issues/72)

Karl