New Create/Delete Events
You’ve created a repo on GitHub, written a bunch of great code, and now it’s time to push it: Here’s what happens on GitHub now: Along with the create events,…
You’ve created a repo on GitHub, written a bunch of great code, and now it’s time to push it:
Here’s what happens on GitHub now:
Along with the create events, if you have any service hooks setup, we will pipe one commit to them so others will be notified of the new branch or tag creation. We’ve also added delete events if you remotely delete a branch or tag.
This isn’t the second big feature launch Scott mentioned in his Fork Queue post yesterday (stay tuned about that), but we’re still pretty happy about these additions.
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