diff --git a/otterdog/eclipse-transformer.jsonnet b/otterdog/eclipse-transformer.jsonnet
index 1c7a4f1..d2d0549 100644
--- a/otterdog/eclipse-transformer.jsonnet
+++ b/otterdog/eclipse-transformer.jsonnet
@@ -56,4 +56,9 @@ orgs.newOrg('technology.transformer', 'eclipse-transformer') {
       ],
     },
   ],
-}
+} + {
+  # snippet added due to 'https://github.com/eclipsefdn/otterdog-configs/blob/main/blueprints/add-dot-github-repo.yml'
+  _repositories+:: [
+    orgs.newRepo('.github')
+  ],
+}
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