02/2019

The buttons for labels and milestones in the repositories issues tab now includes counters. Learn more about labels and milestones on GitHub

Organizations can now add community health files to a specially named .github repository to serve as organization-wide defaults for all repositories within their organization. You can add CONTRIBUTING, SUPPORT, CODE_OF_CONDUCT,…

If changes have been made to a pull request that has already been reviewed, you can now re-request a review with a single click in the pull request’s sidebar. This…

The GitHub SecurityAdvisory and SecurityVulnerability APIs are now generally available and no longer require developers to specify the heimdall-preview flag. For more information on these APIs, please visit our documentation: SecurityAdvisory SecurityAdvisoryIdentifier…

There is now a shortcut to delete forked repos for pull requests that have been merged upstream.

The Clear filters button on pull requests files tab has been updated to read Clear filters to improve clarity. Learn more about filtering files in a pull request by file type

You can now signal to potential reviewers that a pull request is a work in progress by creating a draft pull request. Draft pull requests suppress notifications to CODEOWNERS reviewers…

Issue and pull request comment permalinks can now be copied on mobile devices, via the comment action menu.

Comments now indicate if they were left by the author of the issue or pull request. Learn more about commenting

We added a navbar to each milestone detail page. The navbar links to your repository’s directory of milestones, making it easier to return to the directory without multiple clicks back.…

It’s now possible to close or reopen issues and pull requests right from a project board’s details view. Learn more about project boards on GitHub  

The releases page has been re-designed to improve usability, including moving notes to above assets. Learn more about releases  

We added zero to the search results counter. Now, it’s easier to see what queries generate empty results when switching between different tabs in the search results menu. Learn more…

We added an animation that widens the search input field on focus for logged-in, desktop users. Now, long repo names are not truncated, making it easier to read suggested repo…

We now offer project boards that can be created and owned by a user account. Learn more about creating your own project board