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Commit Status API

Today, we shipped an API for third party services to attach statuses to commits. We created this API to allow services to color the discussion on pull requests. For example,…

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DjangoCon Drinkup

Djangonauts Unite! Join @bryanveloso and me tonight for drinks and excellent conversation, with GitHub picking up the tab. When? Tuesday, September 4th (tonight) at 9pm. Where? Tortoise & Hare

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Octokittens Everywhere!

Many GitHubbers are parents, so optimizing for happiness means thinking about the entire, extended GitHub family. We work on our own schedule, from anywhere in the world, doing the best…

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Deploying at GitHub

Deploying is a big part of the lives of most GitHub employees. We don’t have a release manager and there are no set weekly deploys. Developers and designers are responsible…

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Optimizing Sales for Happiness

Looking for GitHub’s sales team? Please Contact Us. 10/17/14 Update from @pjhyett: Building products that people love paired with a customer-focused sales team hasn’t changed, but the specifics of our…

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Game Bytes #2

Welcome to the second edition of Game Bytes, where we highlight some of the latest and greatest game development-related repositories, success stories, and other game-related tidbits. If I had a…

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Philly Drinkup

The City of Brotherly Love gets its turn. Join @juliamae and me tomorrow night for great drinks, good times, and excellent oldies, with GitHub picking up the tab. When? Wednesday,…

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SF Drinkup #39

All those Pull Requests got you feeling parched? Quench your thirst with us this Thursday at Thirsty Bear! Join us this Thursday evening for drinks, great conversations, and more. The…

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New Orleans Drinkup

NOLA, it’s hot and we’re thirsty. Join @shawndavenport, @rtomayko and I tomorrow night for drinks on GitHub! The Time Tuesday, August 7th (yes, tomorrow) at 7PM. The Place Capdeville, right…

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Notifications & Stars

Today, we’re releasing a new version of our notifications system and changing the way you watch repositories on GitHub. You’ll find the new notifications indicator next to the GitHub logo…

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Columbus Drinkup

Now that we have three central Ohio GitHubbers and CocoaConf coming to town, it’s time for our first Columbus Drinkup. Please join us this Thursday evening at Brazenhead in Grandview.…

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São Paulo Drinkup

@newman and I are in São Paulo, Brazil for QCon and your presence is humbly requested at a local bar for fun, entertainment, and general merriment with your fellow area…

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Email Verification

We are rolling out email address verification today: Verified email addresses will enable our support team to better assist you if you lose your password or have issues with missing…

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