09/2021

You can now add images and videos to Markdown files in gists by pasting them into the Markdown body or selecting them from the dialog at the bottom of the…

The GitHub Advisory Database now includes curated Rust advisories. This brings the Advisory Database to eight supported ecosystems, including: Composer (PHP), Go, Maven, npm, NuGet, pip, and RubyGems. Support for…

npm access tokens will now follow the established format of GitHub authentication tokens as part of our work to create a more secure supply chain. Previously, the npm access tokens…

Enterprise owners in GitHub Enterprise Cloud can now toggle Git LFS for a repository via API. Learn more about the API reference in our documentation.

We’ve added support for Java 16 standard language features (such as records and pattern matching) to CodeQL. Code using those features can now benefit from CodeQL’s security analysis as part…

A new GitHub Dark High Contrast theme matching the official github.com theme is now available in VS Code. To start using the new theme, go to the VS Marketplace, click…

Users can now set their preferred tab size in the Appearance settings of their user account. All code on GitHub with tab indent will render using the preferred tab size.

GitHub code scanning with CodeQL works seamlessly with GitHub Actions. For users of other CI/CD systems, we provided a way to run the code analysis using the CodeQL runner. The…

You can now copy the full, raw contents of a file in your repository to the clipboard with just one click. Previously, you would need to open the raw file,…

GitHub Actions now supports ephemeral (i.e. single job) self-hosted runners and a new workflow_job webhook to make autoscaling your runners easier. After a job is run, ephemeral runners are automatically…

GitHub Actions now has an updated management experience for your self-hosted runners that makes it easier to manage runner groups and see the status of your runners. New Runners and…

GitHub Advanced Security customers can now edit their custom patterns defined at the repository, organization, and enterprise levels. After a user edits and saves a pattern, secret scanning searches for…

GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers with an enterprise account may now participate in the audit log streaming public beta. This will allow you to stream audit log and Git events for…

GitHub Secret Scanning scans repositories for known types of secrets, to prevent fraudulent use of secrets that were committed accidentally. This protects users from fraud and data leaks. Contributed Systems…

Verified students can now experience the GitHub Global Campus student portal to connect with their community, find access to industry tools, learn about new events, and see their assigned coursework—all…