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It’s been possible to close an issue from a commit for quite a while, but some issues take more work than a single commit to close. That’s why you can…

Today we’re happy to announce two big additions to our API: File CRUD and Repository Statistics. File CRUD The repository contents API has allowed reading files for a while. Now…

Both GitHub and Gist offer ways to view “raw” versions of user content. Instead of viewing files in the visual context of the website, the user can see the actual…

We’ve started rolling out a new security feature called “Content Security Policy” or CSP. As a user, it will better protect your account against XSS attacks. But, be aware, it…

Today we’re happy to release Pulse. Pulse is a great way to discover recent activity on projects. Maybe you haven’t checked on your favorite repository in a while or you…

Here at GitHub, we’re always excited to see people using GitHub to collaborate on all sorts of things, code or non-code. Today, we’re adding a third dimension by making it…

Beginning today, all GitHub Pages sites are moving to a new, dedicated domain: github.io. This is a security measure aimed at removing potential vectors for cross domain attacks targeting the…

Have you ever looked at a commit page on GitHub and wondered what branch the commit was in? We did too. If the commit is not on the default branch,…

At GitHub, we know that even great developers sometimes make mistakes. So, in GitHub for Windows, we’ve added Undo support for Discards, Commits, Rollbacks, and Merges: If you’ve accidentally committed…

Starting today, you can use commit messages to close issues in other repositories. Now you can include “fixes user/repo#45” in your commit message, and it will close the referenced issue,…

Starting today, you can move and rename files within your repositories on GitHub. Renaming a file You’ll notice that editing a file now lets you enter a new name for…

On an average weekday, more than 70,000 comments are added to discussions on GitHub. Today we’re introducing a small enhancement to the way you can reply to discussion threads to…

We show rendered markup in several places on GitHub, most notably including a project’s main README on the Repository page itself. Starting today, GitHub supports relative links in markup files.…

Finding great code on GitHub just got a whole lot easier. Today we’re releasing several big improvements to code search. New Technology First, we are unveiling our new search infrastructure…

Recently we changed the way closing issues via commit message works on GitHub. Now when you enter “Fixes #33” in a commit message, issue 33 will only be closed once…