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Recently we changed the way closing issues via commit message works on GitHub. Now when you enter “Fixes #33” in a commit message, issue 33 will only be closed once…
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Recently we changed the way closing issues via commit message works on GitHub. Now when you enter “Fixes #33” in a commit message, issue 33 will only be closed once…
Please join us at Martins West in Redwood City, California this Wednesday night to mingle and enjoy a few drinks on us. Where: Martins West (back room) @ 831 Main…
A couple of GitHubbers will be in Tokyo this week, attending a GitHub Enterprise meetup hosted by GREE! Come by for a beer on us at August Beer Club in…
Monday night, on the very first day of our all-hands winter summit this week, the three millionth person signed up for a GitHub account. That’s three million developers building software…
You can now view and sort long-running Pull Requests from your repository’s Pull Request page. When a feature or a bugfix goes on for months but never ships nor dies,…
GitHub Flavored Markdown is getting a little Task List flavoring. Today, we’re shipping an enhancement to our Markdown pipeline to support task lists. Task lists are lists with items marked…
Now you can create and delete branches from GitHub.com. Create a branch In your repository’s branch selector, just start typing a new branch name. We’ll give you the option to…
Next week we are hosting a very special party at Public Works in San Francisco. We are bringing the whole company to San Francisco for our January summit – come…
We recently started letting you tidy up your Pull Requests. What happens when someone deletes a branch that is still needed? Starting today, you can restore any head branch of…
Today we’re happy to release Contributions: a new addition to profile pages that lets you see what everyone has been up to on GitHub. Popular Repositories Show off the fancy…
If you live in Las Vegas or you’re going to be in town for CES, join me at The Chandelier on January 10th for drinks on GitHub. When This coming…
Los Angeles is a big place, and everyone is really spread out. When you plan an LA event, you have to try to balance the needs of the eastsiders and…
There is lots going on in the Motor City! On January 9th Detroit is welcoming MongoDB Detroit (registration is free) to the city and we want to celebrate great code…
GitHub Pages, the easiest way to quickly publish beautiful pages for you and your projects, just got an upgrade. We are now using Jekyll 0.12.0, which contains several new features…
A few months ago, GitHub HQ 2.0 got a MakerBot Replicator 2. GitHubbers started printing almost immediately due to the easy setup but having to leave a laptop connected was…
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