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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…

Pull Request live updates just became a little more awesome. We now automatically update the commits tab, and let you know when the diff tab is out out of date…

Join us Thursday evening for another SF Drinkup. After our first Passion Projects talk, we’re heading over to Alchemist for some 🍻 and to talk all things GitHub. The Facts:…

We’re always looking for opportunities to better support women in technology. We sponsor women-focused meetups and events all over the world. This year, we’d like to try something a little…

GRDevDay is taking place this Saturday, and with so many amazing developers together, we couldn’t resist the urge to throw an after party. Join @bkeepers and the rest of the…

ConFoo is happening this week in Montreal, and when @ben is travelling, he likes to drink with awesome people. Whether you’re in town for the conference, are a native Montrealite,…

Join @kneath and me this Thursday at Steel Cactus in Shadyside. Yinz invited. The Facts: Steel Cactus Authentic Mexican Restaurante & Cantina – 5505 Walnut St. Thursday, February 28 at…

We get a lot of spam on Gist and we have a decent system for removing it from public view. Unfortunately, from time to time, something nasty will sneak through.…

If you’re in town for Big Ruby or just call DFW home, come hang out at Willhoites in Historic Downtown Grapevine™ and tell us all about the cool stuff you’re…

It’s been almost a year since we first released GitHub for Windows. Today we just shipped version 1.0.38. That’s 38 updates since 1.0! As we’ve said before, we ship early…

Over the last month or so, we noticed steady week-over-week rises in overall MySQL query time. A poorly-performing database makes for a slow site and a slow site makes for…

We ❤ seeing the :octocat: in the wild! Today we’re launching a new logos page to make it easier to find official GitHub logos as well as our beloved Octocat,…

Two GitHubbers are headed into our nation’s capital for a civic hackathon this Friday, so that, of course, means we’re throwing a drinkup! The Facts Loft at The Hamilton February…

Today we’re proud to open source Boxen, our tool for automating and managing Macs at GitHub. Boxen started nearly a year ago as a project called “The Setup” — a…

I decided to blog on our blog about our new blog. Design. The blog looks fresh no matter where you read it — be it on your desktop or on…

@thedaniel & I are in Tel Aviv and are holding a drinkup tonight! Join us at Levontin 7 for a drink on GitHub! The Facts Where: Levontin 7 – Levontin…

I happen to be in town at the same time as Webstock, so I figured I’d organize a drinkup. Join me tonight at Mac’s Brewbar for a drink on us!…

Join @defunkt, @spicycode and me while we host a drinkup in Cincinnati. We’ll be down at Japp’s Annex Wednesday night, and we hope you can join us! Word on the…

Stars are a great way to keep track of repositories that you find interesting. Starting today you can sort your starred repositories by when you starred them or when the…