02/2020

Starting April 6, 2020, Python 2 will no longer be offered on any hosted virtual environments. Python 2 was sunset on January 1, 2020 and is not being improved or…

Since shipping multi-line comments, many people have requested multi-line code suggestions as well. You can now suggest a specific change to multiple lines of code when reviewing a pull request.…

Since shipping multi-line comments back in October, we’ve heard feedback that many people expected selecting a range of lines and then clicking the “+” button would also create a multi-line…

Starting March 3rd, 2020, the Ubuntu virtual environments will no longer start the MySQL service automatically. If you are using MySQL, this may be a breaking change for your workflows.…

Repository administrators have a range of responsibilities including triaging issues, reviewing pull requests and, of course, developing code. One of the main duties of an administrator is managing repository access…

Self-Hosted Runners now fully support environments that use a proxy server to connect to GitHub. You can add your proxy server as a Runner setting and leverage common Unix-style proxy…

GitHub CLI, now in beta, is a command line tool that enables you to work more seamlessly with your GitHub repositories right from your command line. You can: Create pull…

If you are using Git LFS on the Team plan you can now store files up to 4 GiB. For those on the Enterprise Cloud and Enterprise Server plans you…

Late last year, we updated Security Advisories to enable you to edit published advisories with new or updated information (like a newly-fixed version or additional impact information). Now, you can…

LGTM Enterprise is a feature of GitHub Advanced Security, and the latest release is now available for download. The 1.23.1 release includes minor feature improvements and fixes non-security bugs. Learn…

The 2.20.0 release of GitHub Enterprise Server is now available for download. The latest release includes additional security features, a new internal visibility option, and more. See the full release…

Invitations to join an organization or become a collaborator on a repository will expire seven days after they are created. For more information, see the inviting collaborators to a personal repository and inviting…

Find all the open issues in a repository that have closing pull requests references with the linked:pr search qualifier. Similarly, locate all the pull requests in a repository that are…

Project boards’ issue cards now include details about Linked pull requests to provide additional context for issues that have development work connected that may close the issue. Learn more about…

You can now link issues and pull requests via the sidebar in their respective pages. Connections made here will automatically close issues once a linked pull request is merged. Learn…