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GitHub Rebase #7

Welcome to the seventh edition of Rebase! Starting this week I’ll be nominating a new repo to the “Featured Project” section on the front page, and explaining why I think…

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More DB Optimizations

Thanks to the pros at Engine Yard for helping us optimize more of our database queries. With a small team like ours, their support really makes a tangible difference. ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195720/23e20af4-d76e-11e5-8324-3c9c9657b9e8.png)…

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TortoiseGit Challenge

Poor Windows support has always been a big roadblock to Git adoption. The truth of the matter these days is that Windows support through msysGit is actually quite good. Git-Gui…

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Git Ist Schnell!

I wanted to follow up on the WhyGitIsBetterThanX project that I basically stopped working on the day it went live and am now spending a few minutes a day maintaining.…

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Smooth Support Logins

Now when you log in to GitHub and visit the support site, you’ll be automatically logged in. No account? No worries – one will be automatically created. ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195633/78939272-d76c-11e5-83eb-5f1901b5bb3c.png) Nice and…

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Sale Extended!

We were having such a good time watching people sign up today, we figured we should just keep the fun going and extend the sale until Sunday. Also, there was…

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Git Training

Thinking about moving to Git? Want to bring the rest of your team up to speed? GitHub now offers customized Git Training. ![](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/28818/1632311/d75cc6c6-5775-11e3-90ad-58a1e5165e88.png) Visit the training page for more information.

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Git is Better

As we all know, Git is the best SCM system out there. However, some people have decided that we in the GitHub community may be misled by hype or the…

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Cyber Monday Sale

If you’ve been waiting to see what the fuss was about, today is the day to join GitHub. We’re offering a free month on all of the paid plans if…

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GitHub Rebase #6

Welcome to the sixth edition of Rebase! (guaranteed 100% tryptophan free) Stats Breakdown (GitHub users definitely love their football and turkey. Check out the huge drop on 11/27!) Notably New…

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Pushes!

You’ll no longer see a flood of commit events in your dashboard. Instead? Push events. ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/6141319/9a3694f0-b158-11e4-9fbc-cb89c4bddecb.png) Commit events will still appear on your profile and in all your RSS feeds…

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