Perl 6 on GitHub
I'm currently at the Yet Another Perl Conference, Europe (YAPC::EU) doing some Git talkin' and one of the big talks here was by Patrick Michaud (pmichaud) about the very recent…
GitHub in your language
Edit (11/18/2016): GitHub no longer supports languages other than English. Today, thanks to our great community, we're turning on a number of languages that you can view GitHub in other…
Starring Gists
If you have ever forked a Gist just so you can remember which one it is, now you can just star it. There is now a 'star' button on each…
APK Downloads for Android Projects
For all you Android developers out there, we now will automatically detect when you upload an Android package (.apk) file and will give you a QR code page link on…
Git Reference Site
In the talks and trainings that I do, I've been wanting a shorter, simpler reference site for people learning Git. The Pro Git book, being a full book, sometimes intimidates…
Git Training in DC – July
Are you in the Washington DC area and are interested in learning some Git-fu? In about 6 weeks, Saturday, July 10th, I'll be doing a Git training course in DC…
Subversion Write Support
Today, we're announcing write support for our previously released Subversion support Developers and designers in your company can now use existing SVN tools like Versions or Tortoise SVN to collaborate…
Smart HTTP Support
Git's HTTP protocol just upped it a few notches on the ol' IQ test. As discussed in detail on the Pro Git blog, Git supports a new, much more efficient…
Announcing SVN Support
Ever wanted to use SVN to grab code from GitHub? Well, now you can, and just like that GitHub is the world's biggest Subversion host. Here's a few things you…
GitHub Drinkup, Peninsula Edition
It's about time - the GitHub drinkup is moving to the peninsula! One week only, don't miss out! If you're a peninsula dweller like me, join me at CityPub in…
CakePHP on GitHub
CakePHP, one of the most popular PHP application development frameworks, has just moved to GitHub (github.com/cakephp). You can read about the move at the Bakery. We welcome you, CakePHPers!
Ushahidi: Crowdsourcing Crisis Info
Every once in a while I find out that a project I've been following is actually open source and hosted on GitHub. Just recently I found out that a great…
GitHub Contest Winners
The results have been tallied and the curtains have closed. The 2009 GitHub Contest prize of a Large account and a bottle of 20 year Pappy Van Winkle goes to…
About the GitHub Contest
A few days ago, the 2009 GitHub contest ended. I'm currently going through all of the top submissions to verify the winners and look through some of the code used.…
2009 GitHub Contest Over!
Thanks everybody for participating in the 2009 GitHub contest. Please push the source code for your entry up as soon as you can. We will start going through the entries…