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Fork You: The Perfect Holiday Gift

We still have a few Fork You and Rebase shirts left. They're the perfect holiday gift! ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195628/569b0ce0-d76c-11e5-9f1c-95e65e9a1ec6.jpeg) (BTW I wear a medium...)

Chris Wanstrath
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Pourquoi Git est Meilleur Que X

Why do I love GitHub? There are many reasons, even forgetting that they now employ me... One of the coolest ones, however, is the community. There are lots of hosting…

Scott Chacon
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Sale Extended!

We were having such a good time watching people sign up today, we figured we should just keep the fun going and extend the sale until Sunday. Also, there was…

PJ Hyett
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Git is Better

As we all know, Git is the best SCM system out there. However, some people have decided that we in the GitHub community may be misled by hype or the…

Scott Chacon
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Cyber Monday Sale

If you've been waiting to see what the fuss was about, today is the day to join GitHub. We're offering a free month on all of the paid plans if…

PJ Hyett
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GitHub Rebase #6

Welcome to the sixth edition of Rebase! (guaranteed 100% tryptophan free) Stats Breakdown (GitHub users definitely love their football and turkey. Check out the huge drop on 11/27!) Notably New…

Nick Quaranto
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Using Git in Ruby Applications

At the beginning of this month, I gave a talk at RubyConf in Florida about using Git in Ruby applications. It basically goes over some of the strengths of using…

Scott Chacon
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Maintenance Videos

We've had the same pool of YouTube videos on our maintenance page since we launched. Time to add some more. ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195576/cf263d76-d76a-11e5-960e-9e7713c400d6.png) Got a favorite YouTube video? Post the url and…

Chris Wanstrath
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GitHub Userscript

Stephen Celis' GitHubbub is a Fluid user-script which automatically updates your news feed and Growls you when updates come in. Pretty damn cool. ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195572/b30fdc64-d76a-11e5-9320-763465c8a918.png) (And personally I loved the transparent…

Chris Wanstrath
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Let Me Google That For You

Okay, it's official: let me google that for you is the new RTFM. Someone on your team asks where to download solr. Let me google that for you. Your friend…

Chris Wanstrath
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Developing with Submodules

Lately I've been working with submodules - specifically developing plugins / libraries as submodules within a separate project. Turns out, they're pretty cool. I've written a short guide, Developing with…

Chris Wanstrath
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IronRuby on GitHub

Microsoft's IronRuby is moving to GitHub. ![](http://img.skitch.com/20081125-xugx44mr4yrqcgpxc3kw2nejew.png) They've already been here for a while, but now the main repository is officially moving. IronRuby joins Rubinius and dozens of other language…

Chris Wanstrath
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GitHub Rebase #5

I've done some serious work towards generating more accurate statistics this week. If you're interested in how the graphs are made, check out my rebase project. I'm going to be…

Nick Quaranto
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Gist.vim and Gist.el

Vim user? Emacs true believer? Don't feel left out - we've got Gist support for you too! ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195539/f8af2082-d769-11e5-9d8a-fa5c72085ddb.png) ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195542/089ad09a-d76a-11e5-90ab-c19bfce3c6c4.png) Vim users can grab Gist.vim (GitHub repo) while Emacsers will enjoy…

Chris Wanstrath