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Easier to search branches by exact name

Previously, in the code browser, when you were searching for a branch by typing its name, a branch with the exact name of what you typed could appear at the bottom of the list of matching branches. This made it hard to recognize and sometimes requiring scrolling to the end of the list to select the branch.

Now, when a branch name exactly matches what you type in the search box, it appears at the top of the list of matching branches for faster recognition and selection.

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All repositories are labeled public, private, or internal

Public repositories now have a public label next to their names like private and internal repositories do.

Previously, repositories had a label next to their name that indicated if they were private or internal, but there was no label if they were public. This led to people not recognizing that a repository was public and accidentally committing private code to it. Now, public repositories have a public label next to their name like private and internal repositories do.

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Checkout.com and FullStory are now GitHub secret scanning partners

GitHub Secret Scanning helps protect users by searching repositories for known types of secrets. By flagging leaked secrets, our scans can prevent data leaks and fraudulent uses of secrets that were committed accidentally.

Checkout.com is a cloud-based global payments platform that empowers brands like Adidas, Samsung, and Wise with digital payments built for speed and scale. Checkout.com alerts customers and their account managers of any suspected credential compromise based on notifications from GitHub.

FullStory's Digital Experience Intelligence platform helps companies answer questions about their digital experience by transforming digital interactions across websites and mobile apps into actionable metrics. If a token is exposed, FullStory will notify the developer at risk. For more information on protecting and rotating your FullStory tokens, please refer to their documentation.

We partnered with Checkout.com and FullStory to scan for their API tokens to help keep all of our mutual developers and customers secure. We continue to welcome new partners for public repo secret scanning. In addition, GitHub Advanced Security customers can also scan their private repositories for leaked secrets.

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