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Mike McQuaid

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Saved replies keyboard shortcuts

For almost two years you have been able to use saved replies to quickly respond to multiple issues and pull requests. Now saved replies have keyboard shortcuts to make them…

Archiving repositories

Archiving repositories

Just because a repository isn't actively developed anymore and you don't want to accept additional contributions doesn't mean you want to delete it. Now archive repositories on GitHub to make…

Contribute on Open Source Friday

Contribute on Open Source Friday

Open source software powers the internet. Anyone using a computer uses open source, either directly or indirectly. Although it has become the industry standard, getting involved isn't always straightforward. Because…

Kindly Closing Pull Requests

Kindly Closing Pull Requests

Getting your first pull request from an outside contributor on GitHub is an exciting experience. Someone cared enough about the problem you were solving to check it out themselves, change…

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Runnable Documentation: Code for Humans

On GitHub Enterprise we've moved our release process to using what we like to call "Runnable Documentation": a step-by-step series of instructions that can be run by any person without…

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Patchwork Edinburgh

We're excited to announce a Patchwork hack night on Thursday, October 23rd 2014, co-hosted with our friends at CodeBase in central Edinburgh. No coding experience needed Patchwork is a hands-on…

GitHub Enterprise 11.10.341 Release

GitHub Enterprise 11.10.341 Release

GitHub Enterprise releases are all about offering large companies more of GitHub to deploy in their own environments, and today's release is no exception. We've added a number of features…

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Edinburgh Meetup

Come share a smörgåsbord of platters and beverages on GitHub on Saturday, May 10th, at Hemma. @cobyism and @benogle will be in town for ScotlandJS, but come along even if…