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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…

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RubyConf &Block Party

RubyConf is this week and a gaggle of GitHubbers will be there. Make sure you catch the great talks by @mojombo and @holman on Saturday. We're also sponsoring the first…

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Edit like an Ace

Ace is a code editor written in JavaScript. It powers Cloud9 IDE and, as of today, file editing on GitHub. If you're using a recent version of Safari, Chrome, or…

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Announcing PyCodeConf 2011

CodeConf 2011 was a massive success, but it was just the start. Today we're proud to present our second conference, focused on the future of Python: PyCodeConf 2011 Tickets and…

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Block the Bullies

GitHub has always been about collaboration: we want to make it easy for you to work with other people to build great software. Whether that's a co-worker sitting next to…

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GitHub on apps.gov

If you know what apps.gov is then you should be happy to know that GitHub is now listed: GitHub on apps.gov Thanks to our friends at the FCC and GSA…

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CodeConf 2011: Mission Accomplished

CodeConf 2011 was amazing. Thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, organizers, and attendees for making it great! If you couldn't make it or missed a talk, our friends over at…

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GitHub on LinkedIn

Have a LinkedIn account? Add the GitHub Application for social coding goodness. The cool thing about this app is you can use it to find projects other people in your…

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git clone http://github.com/tpw/endo

Thanks to rodjek and technoweenie the trailing ".git" is now optional when cloning GitHub repos using SmartHTTP: $ git clone http://github.com/tpw/endo Cloning into endo... remote: Counting objects: 6, done. remote:…

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PyCon US 2011 Ticket Winners

$ python raffle.py And the winners are... *drumroll* graffic and dryan! Congrats to graffic and dryan! We'll see you at PyCon 2011.

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Win a Ticket to PyCon US 2011!

PyCon 2011 is fast approaching and we're giving away two free tickets to the conference. Want one? Just fork github/pycon2011 and we'll randomly select two winners this Friday, February 25th.…

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10% off Tower for Mac

Today Tower, the most powerful Git client for Mac, was officially released. The best part? Use coupon code GITHUB10 to get 10% off until March 15th, 2011. Or, just click…

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GitHub + Rebase Support in IntelliJ

The IntelliJ platform has had GitHub integration for a few months, but today they rolled out Advanced GitHub Integration: Rebase My GitHub Fork. What is it? Rebase support. Now staying…

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Meet Petros

If you've emailed GitHub Support recently you may have met Petros. He's the incredibly helpful second half of our support team, and today he starts working full time at GitHub.…