Hack week 2025: Fix alt text length in repositories folder (#53966)

Co-authored-by: Vanessa <[email protected]>

Author: felicitymay

content/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/cloning-a-repository.md

@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@ An empty repository contains no files. It's often made if you don't initialize t
 {% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}
 1. To clone your repository using the command line using HTTPS, under "Quick setup", click {% octicon "copy" aria-label="Copy to clipboard" %}. To clone the repository using an SSH key, including a certificate issued by your organization's SSH certificate authority, click **SSH**, then click {% octicon "copy" aria-label="Copy to clipboard" %}.
 
-   ![Screenshot of the quick setup instructions for an empty repository. To the right of the HTTPS URL for the repository, a copy icon is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/empty-https-url-clone-button.png)
+   ![Screenshot of the quick setup notes for an empty repository. To the right of the HTTPS URL for the repository, a copy icon is outlined in orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/empty-https-url-clone-button.png)
 
    Alternatively, to clone your repository in Desktop, click **{% octicon "desktop-download" aria-hidden="true" %} Set up in Desktop** and follow the prompts to complete the clone.
 
-   ![Screenshot of the quick setup instructions for an empty repository. A button, labeled with a download icon and "Set up in Desktop," is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/empty-desktop-clone-button.png)
+   ![Screenshot of the quick setup notes for an empty repository. The "Set up in Desktop" button is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/empty-desktop-clone-button.png)
 
 {% data reusables.command_line.open_the_multi_os_terminal %}
 {% data reusables.command_line.change-current-directory-clone %}

content/repositories/creating-and-managing-repositories/quickstart-for-repositories.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ topics:
 {% data reusables.repositories.create_new %}
 1. Type a short, memorable name for your repository. For example, "hello-world".
 
-   ![Screenshot of the first step in creating a {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %} repository. The "Repository name" field contains the text "hello-world" and is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/create-repository-name.png)
+   ![Screenshot of the first step in creating a repository. The "Repository name" field contains the text "hello-world" and is outlined in dark orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/create-repository-name.png)
 1. Optionally, add a description of your repository. For example, "My first repository on {% data variables.product.product_name %}."
 {% data reusables.repositories.choose-repo-visibility %}
 {% data reusables.repositories.initialize-with-readme %}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Let's commit a change to the README file.
 {% data reusables.files.preview_change %}
 1. Review the changes you made to the file. If you select **Show diff**, you will see the new content in green.
 
-   ![Screenshot of the "Preview" view for a file. A checkbox labeled "Show diff" is selected, and an addition to the file is indicated by a green line marker. Both are outlined in orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/create-commit-review.png)
+   ![Screenshot of a file preview. The "Show diff" checkbox is enabled and additions to the file are shown with a green line. Both are outlined in orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/create-commit-review.png)
 {% data reusables.files.write_commit_message %}
 {% data reusables.files.choose_commit_branch %}
 {% data reusables.files.propose_file_change %}

content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-citation-files.md

@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ When you add a `CITATION.cff` file to the default branch of your repository, a l
 
 <!-- Screenshot taken from: https://github.com/citation-file-format/ruby-cff -->
 
-![Screenshot showing the landing page for a repository. The "Cite this repository" link in the right sidebar is highlighted with a dark orange outline and a dropdown menu with the citation details is expanded underneath.](/assets/images/help/repository/citation-link.png)
+![Screenshot showing the main repository page. The "Cite this repository" link on the right is expanded to show details and outlined in orange.](/assets/images/help/repository/citation-link.png)
 
 ## Citing something other than software
 

content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners.md

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ When someone with admin or owner permissions has enabled required reviews, they
 If a file has a code owner, you can see who the code owner is before you open a pull request. In the repository, you can browse to the file and hover over {% octicon "shield-lock" aria-label="Owned by USER or TEAM (from CODEOWNERS line NUMBER)" %} to see a tool tip with codeownership details.
 
 {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}
-![Screenshot showing the header for a file. The cursor is hovering over the shield icon, which displays the tooltip "Owned by USER or TEAM (from CODEOWNERS line NUMBER)."](/assets/images/help/repository/code-owner-for-a-file.png)
+![Screenshot showing the header for a file. The cursor hovers over a shield icon with the tooltip "Owned by USER or TEAM (from CODEOWNERS line NUMBER)."](/assets/images/help/repository/code-owner-for-a-file.png)
 {% else %}
 ![Screenshot showing the header for a file. The cursor is hovering over the shield icon, which displays the tooltip "Owned by USER or TEAM."](/assets/images/enterprise/repository/code-owner-for-a-file.png)
 {% endif %}

content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-readmes.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ When your README is viewed on GitHub, any content beyond 500 KiB will be truncat
 
 For the rendered view of any Markdown file in a repository, including README files, {% data variables.product.product_name %} will automatically generate a table of contents based on section headings. You can view the table of contents for a README file by clicking the {% octicon "list-unordered" aria-label="Table of Contents" %} menu icon at the top left of the rendered page.
 
-![Screenshot of the README for a repository. In the upper-left corner, a dropdown menu, labeled with a list icon, is expanded to show a table of contents.](/assets/images/help/repository/readme-automatic-toc.png)
+![Screenshot of the README for a repository. In the upper-left corner, the "Table of contents" dropdown menu (list icon) is expanded.](/assets/images/help/repository/readme-automatic-toc.png)
 
 ## Section links in README files and blob pages
 

content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/classifying-your-repository-with-topics.md

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ shortTitle: Classify with topics
 
 With topics, you can explore repositories in a particular subject area, find projects to contribute to, and discover new solutions to a specific problem. Topics appear on the main page of a repository. You can click a topic name to {% ifversion fpt or ghec %}see related topics and a list of other repositories classified with that topic{% else %}search for other repositories with that topic{% endif %}.
 
-![Screenshot of the github/docs repository. In the right sidebar, three topics are outlined in dark orange: "docs," "hacktoberfest," and "works-with-codespaces."](/assets/images/help/repository/os-repo-with-topics.png)
+![Screenshot of the github/docs repository. In the sidebar, three topics are outlined in orange: "docs," "hacktoberfest," and "works-with-codespaces."](/assets/images/help/repository/os-repo-with-topics.png)
 
 To browse the most used topics, go to {% data variables.product.product_url %}/topics/.
 

content/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/customizing-your-repositorys-social-media-preview.md

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Until you add an image, repository links expand to show basic information about
     * To add a new image, click **Upload an image...**.
     * To remove an image, click **Remove image**.
 
-    ![Screenshot of the "Social Preview" section. The "Edit" button is highlighted with an orange outline, and a dropdown displays the options for uploading or removing an image.](/assets/images/help/repository/social-preview.png)
+    ![Screenshot of the "Social Preview" section. The "Edit" button is outlined in orange. The upload and remove an image options are shown.](/assets/images/help/repository/social-preview.png)
 
 ## About transparency
 

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/understanding-connections-between-repositories.md

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Forks are listed alphabetically by the organization or username of the person wh
 
 1. Optionally, to preserve the filter values you have selected as the default filters for any time you view a forks page, click **Save Defaults**. If the currently selected filters are already the defaults, the button will be disabled and labeled as **Defaults Saved**.
 
-   ![Screenshot of the forks page with filter and sort options shown. The "Defaults saved" button, which is disabled because the defaults are already saved, is highlighted with an orange outline."](/assets/images/help/graphs/repository-forks-page-save-defaults-button.png)
+   ![Screenshot of the forks page with filter and sort options shown. The "Defaults saved" button is disabled because the defaults are already saved.](/assets/images/help/graphs/repository-forks-page-save-defaults-button.png)
 
 {% endif %}
 

content/repositories/viewing-activity-and-data-for-your-repository/using-the-activity-view-to-see-changes-to-a-repository.md

@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@ For each activity, you can view the exact changes by clicking "Compare changes."
 
 1. To see exactly what changes were introduced by a particular activity, to the right of the activity, select {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="The horizontal kebab icon" %}, then click **{% octicon "git-compare" aria-hidden="true" %} Compare changes**.
 
-   ![Screenshot of a repository's activity view. The horizontal kebab icon, and a pop-up button, labeled "Compare changes", are highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/activity-view-compare-changes.png)
+   ![Screenshot of a repository's activity view. The kebab icon and the "Compare changes" pop-up button are highlighted with a dark orange outline.](/assets/images/help/graphs/activity-view-compare-changes.png)

content/repositories/working-with-files/using-files/navigating-code-on-github.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ topics:
 
 Code navigation helps you to read, navigate, and understand code by showing and linking definitions of a named entity corresponding to a reference to that entity, as well as references corresponding to an entity's definition.
 
-![Screenshot showing a code file with a function called "request" highlighted and a pop-up window with information about the function underneath. The pop-up has two tabs: "Definition" and "Reference".](/assets/images/help/repository/code-navigation-popover.png)
+![Screenshot showing a file with a function highlighted. A pop-up has information about the function on two tabs: "Definition" and "Reference".](/assets/images/help/repository/code-navigation-popover.png)
 
 Code navigation uses the open source [`tree-sitter`](https://github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter) library. The following languages support code navigation.