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Update: GitHub Codesearch is now located at github.com/search Today we’re unveiling a new feature on GitHub that we’ve been working on for a bit now that lets you search through…
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Update: GitHub Codesearch is now located at github.com/search Today we’re unveiling a new feature on GitHub that we’ve been working on for a bit now that lets you search through…
It looks like I’ve been enlisted as an official blogger to bring you the latest and greatest work that’s coming out of GitHub! Sit back, ogle at the graphs, and…
First our new queue, and now this:   The site should be much faster – but it’s still not fast enough. We’re hard at work making things like git…
If you’re not using a browser which has the opportunity to enjoy our OpenSearch integration (or LaunchBar / Quicksilver), perhaps this will interest you: a GitHub search bookmarklet. Drag this…
The guys over at Big Bang have created a short & sweet screencast which shows how to setup GitHub and Lighthouse integration. Check it out. 
Yesterday we moved to a new queue, Shopify’s delayed_job (or dj). After trying a few different solutions in the early days, we settled on Ara Howard’s Bj. It was fine…
What happens when a dozen Git developers get together for beers after an all day Git conference? Patches like this: Subject: [PATCH 1/1] diff: support making output friendlier for fine,…
The Software Development Times has an interesting article about Git titled Git changes how developers manage source code versions. Scott Chacon and Tom Preston-Werner are both quoted in it. While…
SitePoint has an article up about this year’s Rails Rumble. Choice quote: The Rails Rumble, which partnered with Linode, to provide a uniform hosting environment for competitors, and GitHub, to…
Everyone’s favorite qrush has started a weekly series detailing activity on GitHub. He’s calling it Rebase. Cool!
The amount of people running into issues with our gem builder has been overwhelming, so we’re releasing the code if some kind souls want to lend a hand making the…
Okay this is just amazing. Nick Quaranto has blessed us with an Oct-O-Lantern.    To see the making of, start with this photo and keep clicking ‘next.’ Nick,…
    You can now create Gists automatically with Ubiquity by using the ‘share’ button in the Command Editor.
The team behind Insoshi has written a guide to Setting up your Git repositories for open source projects at GitHub. Check it out for a comprehensive guide to being both…
 Rails Summit Latin America 2008
 I’ve converted our participation graphs (as seen above) to use Canvas instead of Flash. Linux users rejoice! This means the graphs should load quite a bit faster and not…
The secret is out! Today Google released the entire Android stack as open source software and guess what version control system they are using? That’s right, it’s Git. I say…
 It’s hard to imagine, but just one year ago today we made the first commit to the GitHub repository. We don’t have a baby book for GitHub, so we’ll…
 The 2008 Rails Rumble is set to start tonight at midnight and we’ll be sponsoring the competition in two ways. First, we’re providing free private repositories for each of…
Economies around the world have hit a serious rough patch, and some folks may be looking for work elsewhere. What better way to impress your new employer than to include…
 It’s been almost 6 months since we released the network graph and since then it has become an indispensable part of the GitHub experience. Over that period I’ve been…
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