The latest blogs from GitHub

No, we’re not listed on the NASDAQ (yet), but we are open-sourcing the code that handles our service integration with the likes of Twitter, Campfire, Lighthouse, etc. We realized there’s…

Looks like jakobo had some hard drive troubles this weekend. Ouch. Luckily, thanks to backups and GitHub, he didn’t lose much. I did a fresh install upgrade from Tiger to…

Update regarding require, please read below The next time you visit your repository’s edit screen you’ll see a new checkbox that should be pretty exciting for users hosting their RubyGem…

GitHub hit a major milestone the other day, surpassing its millionth event. Events are those helpful things that show up in your dashboard, letting you know when someone makes a…

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Speaking of GitHub as a Fluid App, I’ve whipped up a better icon. This one looks nicer in the dock and doesn’t get lost if you have a dark desktop…

Welp, I finally upgraded to Leopard today. And you know what that means… Fluid! Now that I can run standalone GitHub, I thought it would be fun to play with…

It’s almost that time. If you’re seeing the message below, please head to your account page and either upgrade your plan or take the steps necessary to limit your usage…

Repository collaborator permissions are coming very soon. You’ll be able to give someone read, write, or admin access to your repository. To prepare for that, we’ve added an “Admin” tab…

Some people are wondering what will happen to their private repositories next Thursday if they exceed their plan’s limit. Well, they’ll simply become inaccessible. You should clone and delete them…

In the past, maybe 100 years ago, I worked at a company where the diff of each commit was emailed to the developers. If anyone had a comment or question,…

We heard you loud and clear that you wanted to integrate GitHub with your existing services without having to setup a custom post-receive service. Now, when you go to your…

GitHub is officially live. Thanks for the awesome beta everyone. While you can sign up or upgrade your account now, it’ll be one week (April 17th) before we start enforcing…

Our goal here at GitHub is to break down the barriers that normally impede collaboration. One of the biggest challenges that we face as developers is keeping track of what…

Want to use GitHub with Fluid? We got you covered. Here’s a massive octocat for superb dock action.

Know how to add changes to a previous commit? Commit only part of a changed file? Change the message of a commit 30 commits ago? If not, check out Ryan…

Dustin has posted a great article comparing Git to Mercurial. He’s obviously used both extensively and gives a level headed, interesting look at how they differ. Love the quote at…

Eric Goodwin has posted a short tutorial entitled Pushing and Pulling Branches on GitHub. It’s a must read if you’re interested in sharing work with your peers on a branch…

Last summer, before GitHub, I spent a lot of time playing with Shoes. Ruby has always been lacking in the GUI department and Shoes is a really smart, innovative, cross-platform…

Learning Git is not the easiest thing in the world. There are a ton of commands, many of which have multiple personalities. What’s an aspiring hacker to do? The same…