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lucasnmc12
Aug 12, 2025

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Answered by arthurcuri Aug 12, 2025

How to get the Pair Extraordinaire badge

You earn the Pair Extraordinaire badge by getting at least one co-authored commit merged through a pull request. GitHub recognizes co-authors when the commit message includes a correctly formatted trailer line.

Fast step by step

  1. Create a public test repository with your primary account.
  2. From your secondary account, copy the no-reply email in Settings → Emails, for example 123456+username@users.noreply.github.com.
  3. Back on the primary account, create a new branch and make a small change.
  4. In the commit message, add a blank line, then the co-author trailer exactly like this:
Add sample change

Co-authored-by: Secondary Account Name 123456+username@us…
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