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Token Authentication

We've just added site-wide token based authentication. You can find your API token in your account page, front and center. Simply pass login and token to any URL which requires…

Chris Wanstrath
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GitHub Decimates!

Russell Mull discusses his experience hacking on Cappuccino: While playing with cappuccino, I thought I’d fix a few bugs. So I made a github account and cloned the full repo.…

Chris Wanstrath
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Show Me the Money

There have been a fair amount of requests for this feature and we were happy to oblige. If you click the "Update Credit Card" link on your account page, there's…

PJ Hyett
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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,…

Chris Wanstrath
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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…

PJ Hyett
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Limits are coming…

It's almost that time. If you're seeing the message below, please head to your account page and either upgrade your plan or take the steps necessary to limit your usage…

Chris Wanstrath
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We Launched

GitHub is officially live. Thanks for the awesome beta everyone. While you can sign up or upgrade your account now, it'll be one week (April 17th) before we start enforcing…

Chris Wanstrath
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Check Your Usage

Hey, wondering how much disk space you're using? Check your account page to find out. Usage is updated every time you push. As for me, I've got around 30 repositories…

Chris Wanstrath
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Multiple Emails!

You can now add multiple emails to your account using the, uh, account link. And hey, are your commits not being linked to your GitHub account? Here's why: the most…

Chris Wanstrath