Yarn now supports security alerts for public and private repositories.

To make language detection more robust and maintainable in the long run, we developed a machine learning classifier named OctoLingua based on an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) architecture which can handle language predictions in tricky scenarios.

Mark files as viewed—and see if they’ve changed since you viewed them—to easily pick up where you left off.

GitHub product documentation is now available in Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

Now you can now assign any read-only contributor to issues they’ve commented on. They’ll get a notification that they are assigned, and if they aren’t able to take on the task, they can simply click the “Unassign me” button next to their username. 

The newly shipped GitHut Audit log API allows you to make efficient queries for specific log data. Learn more about how to get started with the API.

We’ve listened to your feedback about GitHub Package Registry and we’re changing the deletion policy for packages. Read more about the change and joining the beta.

The Atom editor has been updated to make common features notably faster.

Today, we’re excited to introduce repository templates to make boilerplate code management and distribution a first-class citizen on GitHub. To get started, all you need to do is mark a repository as a template, and you’ll immediately be able to use it to generate new repositories with all of the template repository’s files and folders.

Resolve merge conflicts more easily, co-author commits to share credit with others, check out your GitHub pull requests, and more with the release of GitHub Desktop 2.0.