With this special repository some aspects of the organization can be configured.
See the Github docs for more information.
The file ./profile/README.md will be displayed as the organizations public readme.
Issue templates for all repositories of the organization can be provided in the folder .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/ as markdown files.
If a repository contains these folders, then these templates will be used instead.
The templates must contain the following frontmatter at the beginning
---
name: A descriptive name
about: Some helptext
---
This is then shown in the issue type picker when creating a new issue.