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Friday Fun
Our favorite host, Engine Yard, snapped a picture of the GitHub hardware and I wanted to share: Who likes a lot of blinking lights? I do! I do!
Git and GitHub on Windows
Kyle Cordes has written a guide on using Git (and GitHub) on Windows. It's well written and covers everything from generating ssh keys to installing msysGit. Check it out if…
SSH Keys Generated on Debian/Ubuntu Compromised
A security warning posted on the Debian security list today warns that SSH keys generated on Debian based systems (including Ubuntu) have a highly predictable random number generator. This corroborates…
Our Open Source
A list of projects extracted and open sourced from GitHub can be found on the GitHub account. We've also forked all the projects we are using on the site. Meta,…
Tasty Tidbits
Chris Wanstrath of Err the Blog (hey that's me!) just posted an article covering some tasty GitHub tidbits. Range highlighting, key shortcuts, keeping dotfiles in git, and the GitHub gem…
The Fabulous Scriptaculous Wiki
script.aculo.us, the popular Prototype based JS effect and control framework, is moving its wiki to GitHub. Pitch in and help 'em out. The GitHub wiki system will soon undergo some…
Rolling with Engine Yard
The secret's out. Popular Rails host Engine Yard recently issued a press release titled GitHub and Lighthouse Tap Private Cluster from Engine Yard. In it you can find some choice…
Getting Paid the Open Source Way
Update: We've discontinued this feature. If you'd like to accept donations, paste your pledgie code directly into your README (we'll display the image for you). This afternoon we're rolling out…
GitHub Badges!
Many users are claiming coolness boosts of 90% - 100% after installing Dr Nic's GitHub Badge on their blog. I should know -- I'm one of them. Just look at…
Deploying Without Deploy Keys
Tim Dysinger has a great guide on Deploying with Capistrano, Git and SSH-Agent. Check it out to learn how to deploy your web app without needing deploy keys.
Awesome Git Internals PDF
New from Peepcode, Scott Chacon's Git Internals PDF is sure to be a hit. If you're wondering the ins and outs of Git, beyond the porcelain commands, this PDF is…
GitHub Services IPO
No, we're not listed on the NASDAQ (yet), but we are open-sourcing the code that handles our service integration with the likes of Twitter, Campfire, Lighthouse, etc. We realized there's…
It’s a mirror
Looks like jakobo had some hard drive troubles this weekend. Ouch. Luckily, thanks to backups and GitHub, he didn't lose much. I did a fresh install upgrade from Tiger to…
GitHub’s RubyGem Server
Update regarding require, please read below The next time you visit your repository's edit screen you'll see a new checkbox that should be pretty exciting for users hosting their RubyGem…
One Million Events
GitHub hit a major milestone the other day, surpassing its millionth event. Events are those helpful things that show up in your dashboard, letting you know when someone makes a…
The GitHub Podcast…
...is coming soon. But we need your help! Please send us any Git or GitHub related questions so we can answer them on the show. You can ask questions via…
New Fluid Icon
Speaking of GitHub as a Fluid App, I've whipped up a better icon. This one looks nicer in the dock and doesn't get lost if you have a dark desktop…
More Fluid Tastiness
Welp, I finally upgraded to Leopard today. And you know what that means... Fluid! Now that I can run standalone GitHub, I thought it would be fun to play with…