Github: Transferring repo to organization: "<repo_name> has insufficient collaborator seats"?

Question

I'm trying to transfer a repo to a free organization - I'm getting an error " {repo_name} has insufficient collaborator seats".

All of the collaborators to the current repo haven't yet accepted the invitation to the organization -- is the error signaling that? Or is it something related to the free account?

Answer 1

You must first remove from the original repo/add to the organisation any collaborator that isn't in the organisation yet.

I did so and it worked.

Admittedly the error message [...] has insufficient collaborator seats. is not clear enough since we had the same question.

Answer 2

You have a collaborator assigned to the repo that is not part of the organization. So you have two choices. Add them to the organization, or remove them from the repo.