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Rolling with Engine Yard

The secret's out. Popular Rails host Engine Yard recently issued a press release titled GitHub and Lighthouse Tap Private Cluster from Engine Yard. In it you can find some choice…

Chris Wanstrath

Getting Paid the Open Source Way

Update: We've discontinued this feature. If you'd like to accept donations, paste your pledgie code directly into your README (we'll display the image for you). This afternoon we're rolling out…

PJ Hyett

GitHub Badges!

Many users are claiming coolness boosts of 90% - 100% after installing Dr Nic's GitHub Badge on their blog. I should know -- I'm one of them. Just look at…

Chris Wanstrath

Awesome Git Internals PDF

New from Peepcode, Scott Chacon's Git Internals PDF is sure to be a hit. If you're wondering the ins and outs of Git, beyond the porcelain commands, this PDF is…

Chris Wanstrath

GitHub Services IPO

No, we're not listed on the NASDAQ (yet), but we are open-sourcing the code that handles our service integration with the likes of Twitter, Campfire, Lighthouse, etc. We realized there's…

PJ Hyett

It’s a mirror

Looks like jakobo had some hard drive troubles this weekend. Ouch. Luckily, thanks to backups and GitHub, he didn't lose much. I did a fresh install upgrade from Tiger to…

Chris Wanstrath

GitHub’s RubyGem Server

Update regarding require, please read below The next time you visit your repository's edit screen you'll see a new checkbox that should be pretty exciting for users hosting their RubyGem…

PJ Hyett

One Million Events

GitHub hit a major milestone the other day, surpassing its millionth event. Events are those helpful things that show up in your dashboard, letting you know when someone makes a…

PJ Hyett

The GitHub Podcast…

...is coming soon. But we need your help! Please send us any Git or GitHub related questions so we can answer them on the show. You can ask questions via…

Chris Wanstrath

Limits are coming…

It's almost that time. If you're seeing the message below, please head to your account page and either upgrade your plan or take the steps necessary to limit your usage…

Chris Wanstrath

When limits are enforced…

Some people are wondering what will happen to their private repositories next Thursday if they exceed their plan's limit. Well, they'll simply become inaccessible. You should clone and delete them…

Chris Wanstrath

Git Tricks

Know how to add changes to a previous commit? Commit only part of a changed file? Change the message of a commit 30 commits ago? If not, check out Ryan…

Chris Wanstrath

Comparing Git to Mercurial

Dustin has posted a great article comparing Git to Mercurial. He's obviously used both extensively and gives a level headed, interesting look at how they differ. Love the quote at…

Chris Wanstrath