The latest blogs from GitHub

Microsoft announced at their Connect event last week that they will be open sourcing much of the .NET technology stack, as well as moving development of these technologies over to…

After we introduced the merge button on mobile, we heard from many of you that you’d love to be able to delete merged branches on your phone too. Now you…

This week we will be conducting a “brownout” of all misconfigured GitHub Pages sites. If your GitHub Pages site’s DNS is pointed at an out-of-date IP address, we will intermittently…

@dbussink, @samlambert, @jlord and @mikemcquaid are in town so join them for delicious BBQ and Beer (or soft beverage of your choice) at Campus North. Everyone is welcome! The Facts:…

Today we’re releasing the fastest and most flexible version of GitHub Enterprise ever, including high availability and disaster recovery options, dramatically improved LDAP and SAML integration, major improvements to features…

Today, we’re releasing an all-new GitHub Enterprise designed to make it even easier for developers and businesses around the world to use GitHub at work. Now available on Amazon Web…

Update: We’ve extended the deprecation deadline to February 2, 2015 to give Pages users more time to update their DNS records. If you use a custom domain with GitHub Pages,…

We’re happy to announce a Patchwork hack night on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 with our friends at Dev Bootcamp Chicago. No coding experience needed Patchwork is a hands-on workshop for…

We’re thrilled to host our next Patchwork Night in Nashville, on October 29th at 6:30PM at Emma’s wonderful space, The Bistro. No coding experience needed Patchwork is a hands-on workshop…

For years, the Octocat has been stuck in the realm of two dimensions—but no more! Now she’s crawling off your laptop and onto your desk as a 5″ vinyl figurine.…

To bring more transparency and clarity to the processes surrounding the DMCA, we are rolling out three improvements to the way we process copyright takedowns: First, whenever possible, users will…

We’re excited to announce a Patchwork hack night on Thursday, October 23rd 2014, co-hosted with our friends at CodeBase in central Edinburgh. No coding experience needed Patchwork is a hands-on…

Beginners welcome Patchwork is a hands-on workshop for learning Git and GitHub. Join us to meet new people over snacks and great discussion. Newcomers to Git and GitHub, you’ll leave…

We’ve been including the containing branches and tags on commit pages to give you more context around changes. Now, commits in a repository’s default branch will also show you the…

We’re excited to be back at the Grace Hopper Conference this year! Stop by booth #108 to say hi and grab our newest sticker – the Gracehoptocat: We also have…

There’s no substitute for hands-on experience, but for most students, real world tools can be cost prohibitive. That’s why we created the GitHub Student Developer Pack with some of our…

很高興和大家宣布，十月十四號（星期二）我們將在五倍紅寶石台北出礦坑舉辦 Patchwork 活動。 We’re happy to announce our next Patchwork night on Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at the 5xRuby offices! 完全不需要程式經驗/No coding experience required! Patchwork 是一個由 GitHub 主辦，專門給初學者的 Git 與…

In the spirit of making diffs of rich information easier to parse, SVG images are now viewable and diffable on GitHub! As always, you can find more details in our…

Keep track of all of your issues and pull requests with the new Issues Dashboard and the new Pull Requests Dashboard. When we rebuilt GitHub Issues earlier this summer, we…

Join @schacon, @mhagger, @vmg, @mastahyeti, @fooforge, @danishkhan, @mislav, @pmn and @jdennes for beers in Kreuzberg on Wednesday, October 8th at 20:00. The Facts: Wednesday, October 8th at 20:00. Golgatha Viewer…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to help the cause, we’re offering a new shirt in the GitHub Shop. All proceeds from the sales of this shirt will be…