Folders to Pages
@judofyr has created a simple project called Grancher which helps convert directories got git branches. It’s perfect for GitHub Pages. Check out the repo or blog post. Thanks Magnus!
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Resources for developers seeking to stay informed about the latest industry trends, research, and updates from GitHub. Explore research and surveys that delve into various aspects of software development and open source communities—and Octoverse, which provides detailed annual analyses of open source and public projects across GitHub.
Easy Git!
eg is a nifty piece of work. Are you meeting resistance trying to move your coworkers or friends to Git? (“SVN is good enough.”) Know someone who would love to…
ChocTop: Easy Custom DMGs and Sparkle XML
The unstoppable Dr Nic has just dropped another amazing piece of software in our laps. This time it’s ChocTop, and it’s hosted right here on GitHub. From the README: Package…
Gruber Gets It
From Daring Fireball: One thing I’m noticing about GitHub is that it seems to be the first open source community through which multiple forks of the same project feed back…
NatsuLiphone iPhone Twitter Client
I just learned this morning that my favorite iPhone Twitter client, NatsuLiphone, is open source and on GitHub! If you’re into iPhone development and Twitter, find a comfortable chair, sit…
Database Troubles
This morning we had some database problems. With help from Engine Yard we were able to identify the slower queries and eliminate them. Here you can see our database exploding:…
Want Git preinstalled on next Mac OS X?
I have a dream wherein future developers don’t even have to install Git for themselves in order to be able to use it. Apple has shown a very forward thinking…
Tracking Windows in Git
Avery Pennarun is tracking Windows using Git. The post is just insane.  A taste: I had to try it, of course. I went into ~/win, typed “git init”, and…
gist.py
JeremyBanks and davglass have been busy: they’ve rewritten my gist.rb command line tool in Python. Check out davglass’ gist.py for the code and some enhanced functionality. #Creates a new Gist…
Visualizing Commit History
Ilya Grigorik has posted an article on visualizing with code_swarm. He looks at Ruby on Rails and our own Scott Chacon. A video of Rails’ commit history is available in…
The Internet Coke Machine on GitHub
Angelo DiNardi has put the previous incarnation of CSH’s Drink machine’s touchscreen software on GitHub as csh-js-touchscreen. The Drink machine is a soda dispenser with a touchscreen interface that can…
Testing in Django
Gareth Rushgrove recently gave a presentation on Django Testing. It goes over what testing is, when to test, how to test, and features his django-test-extensions. Thanks Gareth! (As an aside,…
GitHub Rebase #12
Plenty of awesome projects this week! Oh, you want to be featured too? It’s easy! Featured Project ioke is a new JVM-based language that allows the programmer to simplify code…
Load Flash on Demand in WebKit
ClickToFlash is a plugin for WebKit that prevents Adobe Flash content from automatically loading. Instead, it replaces the content with a placeholder that you can click to load the original…
Smusher: Lossless and Recursive Image Optimizer
Ever wanted to run a single command in your website’s images directory and have every image losslessly optimized (compressed) in place? Now you can, with the smusher gem. I just…
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