Open Source

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Open Source

Release Radar · November 2018

A list of open source releases that caught our attention last month.

Gaming

Get ready! Game Off returns in November

Build a game this November in our annual month-long game jam

Git

Git Submodule Vulnerability Announced

Security vulnerability in Git v2.19.0 and older

Gaming

13 Games in ≤ 13kB of JavaScript · js13kGames 2018

Highlighting a few of our favorite games from this year’s js13kGames competition

Git

Highlights from Git 2.19

A look at the new features in recent Git releases.

Gaming

Create a 13 kB JavaScript game in 30 days with js13kGames

Learn a few tips and tricks to help make the most of 13kB in the competition.

Git

Git LFS 2.5.0 is now available

Git LFS 2.5.0 comes with three new migration modes, a handful of bug fixes, and more.

Gaming

How the Nintendo Entertainment System lives on in open source—Game Bytes

Featuring a handful of homebrew NES games, opportunities to get into game development, and more!

Gaming

Preserving and playing classic point-and-click adventure games with ScummVM—Game Bytes

In this month’s Game Bytes post, discover classic point-and-click games with ScummVM and read the latest from Phaser 3.10, Godot Community Game Jam, and more.

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Maintainers

New tools for open source maintainers

We’re making it easier for maintainers to grow healthy open source communities on GitHub with minimized comments, retired namespaces for popular projects, and new pull request requirements.

Git

Git 2.17 is now available

A look at the new features in recent Git releases.

Open Source

Improving your OSS dependency workflow with Licensed

GitHub recently open sourced Licensed in the hopes that it is as helpful to the OSS community as it has been to us. <disclaimer> 1 of 1 consulted lawyers agree,…

Gaming

Game Off 2017 winners

Thousands of game developers from all over the world participated in Game Off, our fifth annual game jam celebrating open source. The theme this year was throwback, and jammers created…

Open Source

Search repositories by license

Now you can look for repositories by their license. Search for a specific license using a query such as license:mit or license:gpl-3.0 or find repositories licensed under a particular license…

Git

Git LFS 2.2.0 released

Git LFS v2.2.0 is now available with the all-new git-lfs-migrate command, making it easier than ever to start using Git LFS in your repository. For example, if you’ve tried to…