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I am continually blown away by the staggering amount of work happening on GitHub. Every day, our users commit code, open and close issues, and make plans for their software…
I am continually blown away by the staggering amount of work happening on GitHub. Every day, our users commit code, open and close issues, and make plans for their software…
Today we’re adding autocompletion for Issues and Pull Requests, similar to the @mention and emoji autocompletion you already know and love. Type # to see Issue and Pull Request suggestions,…
Starting today, you can create new files directly on GitHub in any of your repositories. You’ll now see a “New File” icon next to the breadcrumb whenever you’re viewing a…
We have just added notifications when a Pull Request is merged and when an Issue/Pull Request is closed or reopened. Issue Close: Merged Pull Request: You get the idea —…
Hot on the heels of username autocompletion, today’s release of GitHub for Mac adds Notification Center support for users on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion. While logged in, with the…
The past six months have seen tremendous growth in GitHub’s training organization. We’ve added people, we’ve added materials, and we’ve been to more places on the planet to help make…
We’ve shipped 25 updates to GitHub for Windows in the 4 months since we first launched. That’s more than one release per week, for 17 weeks straight! Here’s how we…
Oftentimes open source projects place a CONTRIBUTING file in the root directory. It explains how a participant should do things like format code, test fixes, and submit patches. Here is…
Today, we shipped an API for third party services to attach statuses to commits. We created this API to allow services to color the discussion on pull requests. For example,…
Deploying is a big part of the lives of most GitHub employees. We don’t have a release manager and there are no set weekly deploys. Developers and designers are responsible…
All those Pull Requests got you feeling parched? Quench your thirst with us this Thursday at Thirsty Bear! Join us this Thursday evening for drinks, great conversations, and more. The…
Today, we’re releasing a new version of our notifications system and changing the way you watch repositories on GitHub. You’ll find the new notifications indicator next to the GitHub logo…
Reading notifications on github.com is greatly improved thanks to the numerous enhancements shipped out earlier today. We’re excited to also announce a brand new email backend with support for rich…
Welcome to the first edition of Game Bytes, where we highlight some of the latest and greatest game development-related repositories, success stories, and other game-related tidbits. I talked with David…
The Git and GitHub plugins for Eclipse have leveled up today with version 2.0 released as part of Eclipse Juno. We are proud to also be launching eclipse.github.com to highlight…
Are you part of a software development team that’s recently moved to GitHub? Where some team members are excited to use git for source control but you’re more comfortable with…
Pull Requests and Issues now automatically update as new comments are posted. You no longer need to repeatedly refresh while you’re waiting for that pull request to finally be accepted.…
Some of the icons on our site have been the same since we launched 4 years ago. With metaphors that just barely fit what we needed them to, we felt…
For a while now, you have been able to @mention a user when discussing issues, pull requests, and commits. Now you can use the same convention to mention a Team…
Fabian “ryg” Giesen (@rygorous), one of the coders of the legendary demoscene group farbrausch, has open-sourced on GitHub a repository with some of the group’s work from 2001 to 2011.…
Spring is in the air. At GitHub we’re busting out the mops and hosing down the site. Today we’re removing two features. They’ve been gathering dust for a while and…
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