12/2021

Instead of allowing all or no users to force push, admins can now be selective about who can force push to a repository. The image below shows how in the…

Getting started with GitHub Actions just got easier! Now, when you want to create an Actions workflow in the Actions tab of your repository, the workflow recommendations will be based…

Today you will begin to see a new workflow running called pages build and deployment in your public GitHub Pages repositories. This workflow is automatically triggered when you push to…

Up until today, the GitHub Advisory Database has only published advisories that have been curated and approved by our Security Lab team. This approach meant users sometimes couldn’t find advisories…

Now, only admins can rename branches that are protected by branch protection rules. GitHub allows repository collaborators to rename every branch in a repository, with the exception of the default…

GitHub upgraded its OpenAPI description to the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) 3.1. Upgrading to OAS 3.1 will enable us to add GitHub Webhooks to the description, simplify the description of nullable…

Following our last update, we have a number of exciting updates and improvements being released today for the new projects experience. 🔗 Stay in sync with linked pull requests One…

It’s now easier to get to the relevant location on GitHub from your emails, as the “View on GitHub” link at the bottom of email notifications is no longer trimmed…

Codespaces have been constrained to specific users or all members of an organization, which, while great for day-to-day software development, didn’t allow everyone in an organization to participate. That’s why…

GitHub Desktop now supports reviewing the statuses of individual check runs for a pull request directly in GitHub Desktop. This includes statuses of job steps for check runs generated through…

GitHub Enterprise Cloud users can now configure two new permissions when managing custom repository roles: View secret scanning results Dismiss or reopen secret scanning results You can learn more about…

In the latest update to our GitHub-hosted runners virtual environments, Node.js 16 has become the default version of node and npm 8 has become the default version of npm. To…

We have released improvements to the code scanning API: We’ve added the fixed_at timestamp to alerts. This is the first time that the alert was not detected in an analysis.…

Starting 12-09-2021, GitHub Actions workflows triggered by Dependabot for the create, deployment, and deployment_status events will always receive a read-only token and no secrets. Starting 12-09-2021, GitHub Actions workflows triggered…

Lists level up the starring experience by making it easy to organize and curate your favorite repositories on GitHub. You can create public lists that appear on your stars page…