Playing the Blame Game
One of the features I use a lot in git is 'git blame', which will show you who was the last person to change each line in any file in…
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GitHub Rebase #4
Sorry about the delay on this one folks. Enjoy! :) Stats Breakdown Notable Projects acts_like_git: Crappy name, but this Rails plugin really does some neat stuff. It allows you to…
The New, Improved GitHub Gem
While at RubyConf this year, giving my talk and drinking like an idiot with nearly every internet-famous Rubyist out there, I had a great idea. Only my incredible humility prevents…
GitHub Rebase #3
This week I've changed the graphs around quite a bit! The activity on the site just continues to increase, and surprisingly it didn't take a hit because of RubyConf. Stats…
GitHub Rebase #2
It looks like I've been enlisted as an official blogger to bring you the latest and greatest work that's coming out of GitHub! Sit back, ogle at the graphs, and…
Easily Share Ubiquity Commands
    You can now create Gists automatically with Ubiquity by using the 'share' button in the Command Editor.
Hub it up when the economy’s bad
Economies around the world have hit a serious rough patch, and some folks may be looking for work elsewhere. What better way to impress your new employer than to include…
More JavaScript GitHub Badges
Want to show off the most recent commit to a project? How about the latest commits across multiple projects? heipei has the answer: github-commit-badge  See a demo. Thanks heipei!
Supercharged Ruby-Git
One of the slowest things you can do in Ruby is shell out to the operating system. As a contrived example, let's open an empty file 1,000 times: >> require…
Moved to GitHub
Big weekend. HiveDB, the "open source framework for horizontally partitioning MySQL systems", is moving to GitHub. They're moving because Git rocks and so does GitHub. Sounds good to me. Check…
Improved Pledgie Profiles
Update: We’ve discontinued this feature. Alliteration is fun isn't it? Our friends at Pledgie busted out their css wizardry to restyle your project's profiles to give them a more consistent…
GitHub at RailsConf
RailsConf 2008 (and CabooseConf) is about to begin. If you're heading to Portland, say hi. We'll have t-shirts and stickers, as well as a big banner in the Engine Yard…
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,…
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…
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…
Service Integration
We heard you loud and clear that you wanted to integrate GitHub with your existing services without having to setup a custom post-receive service. Now, when you go to your…
Comparing Git to Mercurial
Dustin has posted a great article comparing Git to Mercurial. He's obviously used both extensively and gives a level headed, interesting look at how they differ. Love the quote at…
Rails Moving to Git
Ruby on Rails is moving to Git and GitHub. Super cool. I particularly like the comment from AkitaOnRails: Right now, everybody is playing catch-up with Git, Git-svn and Github, no…
The Pricing Plans
Ever since announcing that public projects are free, people have been asking about our pricing plans. The moment of truth has arrived. Details are here: http://github.com/plans Update: We've added an…
GitHub: Free for Open Source
Lately people have been asking about our pricing plan. While we're not ready to reveal it quite yet, we are ready to talk about one aspect of it: GitHub will…