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Rails 2.1 Book Translation

Carlos Brando and Marcos Tapajós have written a book on Rails 2.1 in Portuguese which is now being translating into English - right here on GitHub! If you want to…

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Ready for Lift Off

Liftweb, the hot Scala (a functional, JVM language) web framework, is now hosted on GitHub. Be sure to check out the demo or follow their Twitter if you're interested. The…

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An Open Source Renaissance

Yan Pritzker thinks GitHub is leading an open source renaissance. Duh! This very simple idea of tracking the forking network of a particular project, and doing it well, is why…

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Profitable Programmer: The Encore

The Profitable Programmer panel went well but was too packed. So we're gonna do it again. If you missed the first one, be sure to stop by Room D 138-139…

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Git over Bonjour

Chad Fowler and friends busted out the amazing gitjour this weekend at RailsConf. It's a simple RubyGem which lets you serve and clone git repositories over Apple's Bonjour. I'm at…

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RailsConf Git Talk

If you didn't catch Scott's awesome Git talk at Railsconf today, you missed out. Luckily he's posted his slides at http://www.gitcasts.com/git-talk.

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GitHub Textmate Theme!

This is most excellent. Just last night PJ asked for a GitHub TextMate theme on Twitter. Scott Becker answered the call: GitHub Theme for TextMate. Should go great with the…

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GitHub at RailsConf

RailsConf 2008 (and CabooseConf) is about to begin. If you're heading to Portland, say hi. We'll have t-shirts and stickers, as well as a big banner in the Engine Yard…

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More Textmate Bundle Goodness

Dr Nic continues onward with his GitHub Textmate bundle. The newest feature? Line commenting. See it in action: TextMate + GitHub - how to comment/discuss on a line via GitHub…

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Meet the Developers

Meet the three gentlemen responsible for all your favorite GitHub bugs and features. PJ Hyett (pjhyett) is one of the two penmen behind popular Ruby and Rails tabloid rag Err…

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What OS do you use?

Wait, don't tell me. I already know. Here's the OS breakdown of GitHub visitors in the past month: BTW, the #4 spot? iPhone.

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GitHub Textmate Bundle!

Dr Nic has just announced the GitHub Textmate Bundle. Check out a short video of the bundle in action, straight from the good Doctor's blog: TextMate and GitHub: Show the…

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Got a SHA?

Just Google it and click "I'm Feeling Lucky". Our friend Google should take you right to the commit. (Spotted on the refactotum tweeter)

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Git and GitHub on Windows

Kyle Cordes has written a guide on using Git (and GitHub) on Windows. It's well written and covers everything from generating ssh keys to installing msysGit. Check it out if…