Pick your Default Branch
Most repos use the branch master as their default, but Git doesn't force this upon you and why should we? Now you can change it to whatever you want. This…
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GitHub API, take two
A lot of people were excited about the Issues release yesterday, but many asked for an API for it. Because we love you all and you're so good to us,…
GitHub Issue Tracker!
It gives us great pleasure to announce our integrated issue tracking system! On repository pages you'll now see an "Issues" tab in the top menu. Here's a quick rundown of…
Pages 2.0
Prior to actually building GitHub Pages, we had been kicking around the idea for a while. I thought nobody would bother, Chris and Tom thought differently. I decided the only…
GitHub Pages Upgraded to Jekyll 0.5.0
I just released Jekyll 0.5.0 which contains a huge overhaul that allows you to specify options in a _config.yml file. GitHub Pages will honor most of these settings, so if…
Force a Gem Rebuild
In my crusade to improve our Gem support, I've added the ability for you to initiate a Gem build right from the interface. If your Gem build fails, it's often…
More Disk Space for All!
I hope everyone had a Happy 1234567890 Day! To commemorate the ultimate geek moment, we've decided to give you the ultimate geek gift: more disk space on every GitHub account!…
Repository Uploads
Edit: This feature has been replaced by Releases. This evening we rolled out a Downloads section for all repositories wherein repo members can upload files. Tag releases are also listed…
Copy and Paste is so Yesterday
Getting a clone URL into your clipboard is now just a single click away!
CNAME support for GitHub Pages
Please read GitHub Help - Setting up a custom domain with Pages for the most up-to-date information on setting up a CNAME on your account.
New Watchers/Forks UI
We've removed the Watchers tab (for good this time) and replaced it with a dedicated button in the Repo Details box. You'll also see the number of forks the repo…
Gem Rebuilds only on Version Bump
Until now, whenever you pushed a modified gemspec to a repository that is gem enabled, we rebuilt it, no questions asked. This was convenient if you needed to fix a…
While you were sleeping…
...we rolled out some big changes. Okay, not all of you were asleep. But some of you were. For one thing, the site should be much faster. Every page. …
Hello, Punch Graph
 Neat. Update Forker Dustin Sallings has some more punch card fun.