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   total_fees       From the ``Fees Paid`` spreadsheet column
   ================ ===========================================================
 
+GitHub
+^^^^^^
+
+``github sponsors ledger entry``
+  Imports one transaction per processed sponsorship.  Generated from CSV export of GitHub Sponsors report.
+
+  This template can use these variables.  Note that name and email may both be empty if the sponsor chooses not to make that information public.
+
+  ================ ===========================================================
+  Name             Contents
+  ================ ===========================================================
+  email            From the ``Sponsor Public Email`` column
+  ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  handle           From the ``Sponsor Handle`` column, their username on
+                   GitHub
+  ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  name             From the ``Sponsor Public Name`` column
+  ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  start_date       A date, from the ``Sponsorship Started On`` column
+  ---------------- -----------------------------------------------------------
+  transaction_id   From the ``Transaction ID`` column
+  ================ ===========================================================
+
 O'Reilly Media
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^