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,…
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The vast majority of businesses today rely on open source, making it an essential part of the software industry. And millions of those projects are on GitHub. Learn about documentation, maintainers, gaming Git, licenses, and how open source positively impacts the world. You can also find information in our documentation about how to build and foster sustainable open source communities.
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…
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 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…
Contribute on Open Source Friday
Open source software powers the internet. Anyone using a computer uses open source, either directly or indirectly. Although it has become the industry standard, getting involved isn’t always straightforward. Because…
Integrating Git in Atom
Perform common Git operations without leaving the editor: stage changes, make commits, create and switch branches, resolve merge conflicts, and more.
Git 2.13 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.13.0, with features and bugfixes from over 65 contributors. Before we dig into the new features, we have a brief security…
Open source license descriptions and metadata
Back in September we added open source licenses to repository overview pages. Now, when you view a repository’s license, we’ll tell you a bit more about it. If a project…
Introducing GitHub for Unity
Git helps millions of developers write and collaborate on code, but it’s not always a practical choice for building games. With the GitHub for Unity extension, Unity game developers (artists…
Git LFS 2.0.0 released
Today we’re announcing the next major release of Git LFS: v2.0.0. The official release notes have the complete list of all the new features, performance improvements, and more. In the…
Git 2.11 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.11.0, with features and bugfixes from over 70 contributors. Here’s our look at some of the most interesting new features: Abbreviated…
Top open source launches on GitHub
The open source community on GitHub has released some of the world’s most influential technologies. Earlier this month, a new dependency manager for JavaScript called Yarn was launched and hit…
GitHub’s game jam, Game Off, returns next month
The GitHub Game Off, our very own game jam, returns next month! Participants will have the entire month of November to build a game based on a secret theme (to…
Git 2.9 has been released
The open source Git project has just released Git 2.9.0, with a variety of features and bug fixes. Here’s our look at some of the most interesting new features: Faster…
Squash your commits
Git’s flexibility allows you to shape your workflow however you like. The organization of your git history is just one of the choices to make, but up until now the…
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