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Chris Wanstrath

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A bright future for GitHub

Together, GitHub and Microsoft will work to make software development easier, more accessible, more intelligent, and more open.

The GitHub Diversity Report

The GitHub Diversity Report

Today I am pleased to share our second annual Diversity Report. While we are working every day internally to make GitHub the most inclusive company it can possibly be, this…

Diversity and Inclusion at GitHub

Diversity and Inclusion at GitHub

At GitHub our goal is to help everyone build better software. To do that, we know we must create a company where anyone, regardless of what they look like or…

The story behind the new GitHub Enterprise

The story behind the new GitHub Enterprise

Today we're releasing the fastest and most flexible version of GitHub Enterprise ever, including high availability and disaster recovery options, dramatically improved LDAP and SAML integration, major improvements to features…

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Join GitHub in support of the open Internet

Our open and free Internet fuels some of the most incredible innovation in history. It provides new opportunities for billions of people to communicate and collaborate, contributes to economic growth…

Diversity and Feedback at GitHub

Diversity and Feedback at GitHub

Back in April I said we would share the new initiatives we're launching to ensure GitHub is a welcoming and inclusive company. This work is long term and will remain…

Results of the GitHub Investigation

Results of the GitHub Investigation

Last month, a number of allegations were made against GitHub and some of its employees, including one of its co-founders, Tom Preston-Werner. We took these claims seriously and launched a…

Update on Julie Horvath’s Departure

Update on Julie Horvath’s Departure

This weekend, GitHub employee Julie Horvath spoke publicly about negative experiences she had at GitHub that contributed to her resignation. I am deeply saddened by these developments and want to…

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Closing Issues via Commit Messages

Recently we changed the way closing issues via commit message works on GitHub. Now when you enter "Fixes #33" in a commit message, issue 33 will only be closed once…

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Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. At GitHub we're busting out the mops and hosing down the site. Today we're removing two features. They've been gathering dust for a while and…

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Fight Breast Cancer in Style

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this year GitHub is offering a Pinktocat t-shirt to help the cause. All proceeds of this fabulous limited edition shirt will be donated…

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Biking to work is awesome

GitHub was recently featured on SF's local CBS news in a segment about proposed bike legislation. Our very own @kamzilla can be seen representing "forward thinking companies like GitHub" in…

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New Blog RSS Feed Location

Our blog RSS feed has moved to http://github.com/blog.atom Update your feed reader now if you want to stay up to date with all the exciting GitHub action. We've moved off…