New and improved two-factor lockout recovery process
Starting January 31, 2017, the Delegated Account Recovery feature will let you associate your GitHub account with your Facebook account, giving you a way back into GitHub in certain two-factor…
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New and improved two-factor lockout recovery process
The Recover Accounts Elsewhere feature lets you associate your GitHub account with your Facebook account. This will help us recover your account for certain two-factor authentication lockout scenarios. For example,…
GitHub’s post-CSP journey
Last year we shared some details on GitHub's CSP journey. A journey was a good way to describe it, as our usage of Content Security Policy (CSP) significantly changed from…
Moving persistent data out of Redis
Historically, we have used Redis in two ways at GitHub: We used it as an LRU cache to conveniently store the results of expensive computations over data originally persisted in…
Patchwork Hobart, Australia
We hope you will join us and our friends at linux.conf.au as we host a Patchwork on the isle of Tasmania, in the city of Hobart. The event is open…
Relative links for GitHub pages
You've been able to use relative links when authoring Markdown on GitHub.com for a while. Now, those links will continue to work when published via GitHub Pages. If you have…
Patchwork at The Next Web Conference
If you'll be attending The Next Web NYC on November 16, we'd love to have you join us for our Patchwork round table session. The session is open to all…
Patchwork and Meetup in Lagos, Nigeria
On November 17, we're teaming up with our friends at Ingressive who are hosting a GitHub Patchwork and Meetup/Q&A in Lagos, Nigeria after day one of their High Growth Africa…
Game Off Theme Announcement
We announced the GitHub Game Jam, our very own month-long game jam, a few weeks ago. Today, we're announcing the theme and officially kicking it off. Ready player one! The…
Patchwork Austin
We're hosting this Patchwork with our friends at Condé Nast in Austin. The event is open to all beginners to Git and GitHub, or mentors who would like to help…
Incident Report: Inadvertent Private Repository Disclosure
On Thursday, October 20th, a bug in GitHub’s system exposed a small amount of user data via Git pulls and clones. In total, 156 private repositories of GitHub.com users were…
Introducing GitHub Community Guidelines
Building software should be safe for everyone. The GitHub community is made up of millions of developers around the world, ranging from the new developer who created their first "Hello…
The GitHub GraphQL API
GitHub announced a public API one month after the site launched. We've evolved this platform through three versions, adhering to RFC standards and embracing new design patterns to provide a clear and consistent interface.
Summer internships at GitHub in San Francisco
Applications are now open for summer internships at GitHub. Interns will spend nine weeks from June to August working out of our headquarters in San Francisco with teams in engineering,…
Updates to our Privacy Statement
When you check your GitHub account today, you’ll see an announcement letting you know that we’ve updated our Privacy Statement. Check it out! Before we get into what’s new, rest…
See the users you’ve blocked on your settings page
You've been able to block users for a while now, but you can now see who you've blocked from your account settings page. You can also search and add new…
Patchwork Tampa Bay
We're taking Patchwork to sunny Tampa Bay on August 30. Together with our friends at Women in Linux, we'll be hosting this event at First WaVE Venture Center. As with…
Patchwork Dallas
We're thrilled to be visiting Dallas and hosting a Patchwork with our friends at Improving. As with all our Patchworks, the event is open to all beginners to Git and…
Invite members to your organization with an email address
Organization owners can send an email invitation to invite members, billing managers, and owners to their organization. This helps organization administrators invite members without a GitHub account or with unknown…
Patchwork Philadelphia with Code for Philly
For this edition of Patchwork, we're teaming up with our friends at Code for Philly for an evening of food, hacking, and meeting some new faces. You do not need…
Patchwork Seattle
We're bringing Patchwork to Seattle on July 21. If you're in town for Open Source and Feelings, or if you're local, we hope you can join us for a relaxing…