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GitTogether 2008

What happens when a dozen Git developers get together for beers after an all day Git conference? Patches like this: Subject: [PATCH 1/1] diff: support making output friendlier for fine,…

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Oct-O-Lantern

Okay this is just amazing. Nick Quaranto has blessed us with an Oct-O-Lantern. ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2960047774_6e39a980dc.jpg?v=0) ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2960048602_c23942eda0.jpg) ![](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3272/2959191819_3797a3c385.jpg) To see the making of, start with this photo and keep clicking ‘next.’ Nick,…

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Easily Share Ubiquity Commands

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195483/f39d3216-d767-11e5-8540-cab062247ba4.png) ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195486/fbad612e-d767-11e5-999b-ed96fac5f8b7.png) ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195487/032b6c52-d768-11e5-90e4-1ba39833e52e.png) ![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195489/0fb45330-d768-11e5-8b6f-3282b4b78457.png) You can now create Gists automatically with Ubiquity by using the ‘share’ button in the Command Editor.

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Participation Graphs go Canvas

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/6140918/f5fe774a-b152-11e4-9a53-4bee85f22715.png) I’ve converted our participation graphs (as seen above) to use Canvas instead of Flash. Linux users rejoice! This means the graphs should load quite a bit faster and not…

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GitHub Turns One!

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195468/9e081ce4-d767-11e5-8866-125dac0d271a.jpeg) It’s hard to imagine, but just one year ago today we made the first commit to the GitHub repository. We don’t have a baby book for GitHub, so we’ll…

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Get Ready to Rails Rumble!

![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195462/74d669fc-d767-11e5-82a1-c9e34b330f50.png) The 2008 Rails Rumble is set to start tonight at midnight and we’ll be sponsoring the competition in two ways. First, we’re providing free private repositories for each of…

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