# Support .travis.yml files in the .github directory

**URL:** <https://travis-ci.community/t/support-travis-yml-files-in-the-github-directory/7703>\
**Category:** Feature Requests\
**Created:** [March 22, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/support-travis-yml-files-in-the-github-directory/7703 "2020-03-22T00:37:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Fenny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/46a35a/32.png) [@Fenny](https://travis-ci.community/u/Fenny)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/support-travis-yml-files-in-the-github-directory/7703/1 "2020-03-22T00:37:19Z")

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I’m not sure why we closed these issues, many people supported this.

> <https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5519#issuecomment-413350278>
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> Hello!
> Currently it seems that the root of the repository is the only place where a .travis.yml can be located at.
> This is...

  

> <https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5108>
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> Allow having travis.yml file instead of .travis.yml to configure travis-ci.
> It is in most cases unconvenient to have .travis.yml file hidden and...

  

> <https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/5647>
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> It seems sensible that you would be able to place the .travis.yml file in the newly introduced .github subdirectory. This would...

Is this something that will eventually be possible witth travis?

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**Author:** ![native-api](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/native-api/32/430_2.png) [@native-api](https://travis-ci.community/u/native-api)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/support-travis-yml-files-in-the-github-directory/7703/2 "2020-03-22T08:33:02Z")

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Duplicate of

> [@Allow repositories to specify where \`.travis.yml\` should be found](https://travis-ci.community/t/allow-repositories-to-specify-where-travis-yml-should-be-found/512):
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> I’d like to keep repository free from CI configuration noise. e.g. Appveyor CI allows to provide an URL to YAML config on project settings in Appveyor GUI. It’s great also for other reason, as that way I can easily share common config among projects that require same setup. Is there any way to achieve that with Travis CI? If not, is it somewhere on a roadmap?