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Filtered files on the Pull Request Files Changed tab are now completely hidden from view (not just collapsed). This helps decrease distractions and lets you focus on just the files…

We’re reporting on a six-month period rather than annually to increase our level of transparency. For this report, we’ve added more granularity to our 2020 stats.

It’s been a busy time of the year for our Hubbers (GitHub employees). We’ve been shipping products, getting ready for launches, and taking some much needed time off for the…

At GitHub, we recently added a new feature to Rails that will be available in 7.0: support for handling associations across database clusters.

Code scanning with CodeQL now generates diagnostic information for all supported languages. Before analyzing your code, CodeQL first creates a CodeQL database containing all of the important information about your…

polkit is a system service installed by default on many Linux distributions. It’s used by systemd, so any Linux distribution that uses systemd also uses polkit.

Table of contents Executive summary Key findings Key takeaways for developers and software teams About the study What we found Interruptions and meetings have a large influence on our days…

Pull request and review-related events are now included in the audit log at both the enterprise and organization levels. This helps administrators better monitor pull request activity and ensure security…

The open source community is always hard at work. February’s projects were super hard to pick since there are so many amazing releases. These are exciting new releases from some…

On March 8, we shared that, out of an abundance of caution, we logged all users out of GitHub.com due to a rare security vulnerability. We believe that transparency is…

The open source Git project just released Git 2.31 with features and bug fixes from 85 contributors, 23 of them new. Last time we caught up with you, Git 2.29…

In a recent paper written by Nicole Forsgren and her colleagues, “The SPACE of developer productivity: There’s more to it than you think,” there is an irony that is hard…

The open source community is always hard at work. February’s projects were super hard to pick since there are so many amazing releases. These are exciting new releases from some…

Software security doesn’t end at the boundaries of your own code. The moment a library dependency is introduced, you’re adopting other people’s code and any bugs that come with it.…

At GitHub, we put developers first, and we work hard to provide a safe, open, and inclusive platform for code collaboration. This means we are committed to minimizing the disruption…

Pull request auto-merge is now generally available on GitHub and through GitHub Mobile. With auto-merge, pull requests can be set to merge automatically when all merge requirements are met. No…

In celebrating GitHub Security Lab’s one-year anniversary, we explained that we’re expanding our research focus. Why did we make this decision? The decision stemmed from our work with the Open…

Git has a reputation for being confusing. Users stumble over terminology and phrasing that misguides their expectations. This is most apparent in commands that “rewrite history” such as git cherry-pick or git rebase. In my experience,…

We’ve expanded our REST and GraphQL APIs for interaction limits to include two recently released features: set and query interaction limits for user accounts set longer interaction limits on repositories,…

We’ve added temporary interaction limits to user accounts. Users can set temporary limits on who can interact with their public repositories for up to six months. You can use them…

Temporary interaction limits have new, powerful, and flexible updates. You can now enable interaction limits for up to six months. In addition, you can limit interactions across all your personal…