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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. …
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…
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.…
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.  Nice and…
Jason Adams has a blog post titled 10 Reasons to Use Git for Research. Know anyone working in an academic settings? They may want to check it out. Academic settings…
We still have a few Fork You and Rebase shirts left. They’re the perfect holiday gift!  (BTW I wear a medium…)
Why do I love GitHub? There are many reasons, even forgetting that they now employ me… One of the coolest ones, however, is the community. There are lots of hosting…
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…
Thinking about moving to Git? Want to bring the rest of your team up to speed? GitHub now offers customized Git Training.  Visit the training page for more information.
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…
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…
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…
At the beginning of this month, I gave a talk at RubyConf in Florida about using Git in Ruby applications. It basically goes over some of the strengths of using…
You’ll no longer see a flood of commit events in your dashboard. Instead? Push events.  Commit events will still appear on your profile and in all your RSS feeds…
We’ve had the same pool of YouTube videos on our maintenance page since we launched. Time to add some more.  Got a favorite YouTube video? Post the url and…
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