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Copying long lines of text and shas to your clipboard has been just a click away for a few years now. Today we’re putting a new face on that click-to-copy…

On Saturday, December 22nd we had a significant outage and we want to take the time to explain what happened. This was one of the worst outages in the history…

As our infrastructure continues to grow and evolve, it’s sometimes necessary to perform system maintenance that may cause downtime. We have a number of projects queued up over the coming…

I am continually blown away by the staggering amount of work happening on GitHub. Every day, our users commit code, open and close issues, and make plans for their software…

I’m taking a short break from travel for the holidays to spend some quality time at home in NYC. Join me this Thursday at Zablozki’s in Williamsburg for a very…

Last month, we challenged you to create a web-based game loosely built around the theme of forking, branching, cloning, pushing, and/or pulling for our very first game jam, the GitHub…

I’m in Tromsø for a few days and realized we’ve never thrown a Drinkup in the Arctic Circle. Let’s fix that! Come on by Blå Rock Café for an evening…

Today we’re adding autocompletion for Issues and Pull Requests, similar to the @mention and emoji autocompletion you already know and love. Type # to see Issue and Pull Request suggestions,…

Does your accountant or tax collector require specific details on your receipts? You can now add information like your legal company name, billing address, and tax ID number to your…

Today, we’re launching a refreshed homepage that reflects the core idea of GitHub: It’s better to work together than to work alone. Thank you to our awesome community for making…

In addition to providing downloadable source code archives, GitHub previously allowed you to upload files (separate from the versioned files) in the repository, and make it available for download in…

At GitHub we love using Gist to share code. Whether it’s a simple snippet or a full app, Gist is a great way to get your point across. And the…

The holiday season is upon us! While Jack Frost may not be nipping at our noses here in San Francisco, we can still enjoy a few drinks by a roaring…

I’m in town for a workshop at the University of Toronto. Come on by The Rhino for some beers (on us, of course!) and merriment as we prepare for the…

Update – Change in venue We have a few Cali based hubbers in the great city of London this week and we want to buy you a pint or three.…