Meet Sean Marcia, founder of Ruby for Good
To highlight the people behind projects we admire, we bring you the GitHub Developer Profile blog series. If you know Sean Marcia, chances are that it’s through Ruby for Good,…
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Git 2.8 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.8.0, featuring a variety of features, bugfixes, and other improvements from over 70 contributors. Here are some of the most useful…
Creating a new contributor on-ramp
One of the most important elements of creating a strong community is shaping the new contributor experience. The on-boarding experience for new participants plays a huge role in how quickly…
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…
Upgrading your Textile posts to Markdown
A month ago, we announced that GitHub Pages had upgraded to Jekyll 3.0. Starting May 1st, 2016, GitHub Pages will no longer support Textile. If you are currently using Textile…
Posters are here!
Posters featuring some extraordinary Octocat moments are now available in 8.5"x11", 18"x24", and 24"x36" sizes*. Check them out in the GitHub Shop *Frames not included
Meet Judy Gichoya, Doctor and Developer
To highlight the people behind projects we admire, we bring you the GitHub Developer Profile blog series. Judy Gichoya is a medical doctor specializing in radiology, but she’s also an…
Working with submodules
Eventually, any interesting software project will come to depend on another project, library, or framework. Git provides submodules to help with this. Submodules allow you to include or embed one…
New Year, new Git release
If your New Year's resolution was to update to a new version of Git, we've got good news. The Git community has just released Git 2.7.0, and we'd like to…
How the Services team uses GitHub
If you're writing code, a repository is an obvious place to manage your work. But what about when the team's primary deliverable is not software? At GitHub, the Professional Services…
Apple open-sources Swift on GitHub
Swift, Apple's powerful new programming language, is now open source on GitHub. Developers can submit bug fixes and enhancements, and help bring the language to new platforms. Open Source has…
Introducing: 3″ Octocat figurine
From the makers of the 5" Octocat figurine comes the adorably small 3" Octocat figurine. Find yours in the GitHub Shop.
Managing large files with Git LFS
We recently announced that Git Large File Storage, our open source project for managing large assets with Git, had reached a 1.0 milestone and would be available to all repositories…
New in the GitHub Shop: Octopolo Shirts
Serious business deserves a serious business shirt. We've created the Octopolo Shirt to help you get down to business in the most serious manner possible. Grab yours from the GitHub…
GitHub supports Universal 2nd Factor authentication
May 5, 2021 update: The limited edition U2F Security Keys described in this post are no longer available. To help users better secure their accounts, we are expanding GitHub's authentication…