This is a special repository that can control some organization-level things. For example:
- The contents of the organization's profile page, see
profile/README.md. - Default community health files, i.e. Code of Conduct, Contribution Guide, Vulnerability Reporting Guide, etc.
- Default issue & pull request templates.
Read more at: https://docs.github.com/en/communities/setting-up-your-project-for-healthy-contributions/creating-a-default-community-health-file.
This repository is also likely a good place to put organization-level public documentation. See https://docs.github.com/en/organizations/collaborating-with-groups-in-organizations/customizing-your-organizations-profile#adding-a-member-only-organization-profile-readme for where to put organization-level private documentation.