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GitHub at RailsConf

RailsConf 2008 (and CabooseConf) is about to begin. If you're heading to Portland, say hi. We'll have t-shirts and stickers, as well as a big banner in the Engine Yard…

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More Textmate Bundle Goodness

Dr Nic continues onward with his GitHub Textmate bundle. The newest feature? Line commenting. See it in action: TextMate + GitHub - how to comment/discuss on a line via GitHub…

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Meet the Developers

Meet the three gentlemen responsible for all your favorite GitHub bugs and features. PJ Hyett (pjhyett) is one of the two penmen behind popular Ruby and Rails tabloid rag Err…

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GitHub Textmate Bundle!

Dr Nic has just announced the GitHub Textmate Bundle. Check out a short video of the bundle in action, straight from the good Doctor's blog: TextMate and GitHub: Show the…

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Got a SHA?

Just Google it and click "I'm Feeling Lucky". Our friend Google should take you right to the commit. (Spotted on the refactotum tweeter)

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Friday Fun

Our favorite host, Engine Yard, snapped a picture of the GitHub hardware and I wanted to share: Who likes a lot of blinking lights? I do! I do!

PJ Hyett
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Git and GitHub on Windows

Kyle Cordes has written a guide on using Git (and GitHub) on Windows. It's well written and covers everything from generating ssh keys to installing msysGit. Check it out if…

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Our Open Source

A list of projects extracted and open sourced from GitHub can be found on the GitHub account. We've also forked all the projects we are using on the site. Meta,…

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Tasty Tidbits

Chris Wanstrath of Err the Blog (hey that's me!) just posted an article covering some tasty GitHub tidbits. Range highlighting, key shortcuts, keeping dotfiles in git, and the GitHub gem…

Chris Wanstrath
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The Fabulous Scriptaculous Wiki

script.aculo.us, the popular Prototype based JS effect and control framework, is moving its wiki to GitHub. Pitch in and help 'em out. The GitHub wiki system will soon undergo some…

Chris Wanstrath
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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
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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…

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