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2021 Transparency Report: January to June
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.
PlanetScale is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
PlanetScale is now a GitHub secret scanning partner
The npm registry is deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to npm websites and the npm registry, including for package installation, must use TLS 1.2 or higher.
Highlights from Git 2.33
The open source Git project just released Git 2.33, with features and bug fixes from over 74 contributors. Here's a look at some of the most interesting features and changes.
Securing your GitHub account with two-factor authentication
The benefits of multifactor authentication are widely documented, and there are a number of options for using 2FA on GitHub.
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? July 2021 Recap
A public beta for CodeQL package manager, additional options to manage Actions runs from first-time contributors, GitHub Discussions translation, and more.
GitHub Actions: Self-hosted runner events are now included in the Audit Log
GitHub Actions: Self-hosted runner events are now included in the Audit Log
Introducing the CodeQL package manager (public beta)
Introducing the CodeQL package manager (public beta)
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? June 2021 Recap
This month, we have some exciting updates to share. A lot of you have welcomed the improvements to your ability to sync a forked repo with upstream from the web…
Linear and Ionic are now GitHub secret scanning integrators
Linear and Ionic are now GitHub secret scanning integrators
CodeQL code scanning now recognizes more sources and uses of untrusted user data
CodeQL code scanning now recognizes more sources and uses of untrusted user data
Code scanning: Diagnostic information is available!
Code scanning: Diagnostic information is available!
CodeQL Code Scanning: It’s now easier to analyze multiple languages on 3rd party CI/CD systems with the CodeQL CLI
CodeQL Code Scanning: It's now easier to analyze multiple languages on 3rd party CI/CD systems with the CodeQL CLI
Dependabot now schedules version updates uniformly
Dependabot now schedules version updates uniformly
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? May 2021 Recap
In May, GitHub shipped a total of 20 new features. We love what we do, but we know it’s a lot to keep up with. So we’re trying something new on the GitHub Blog—a monthly recap of everything that shipped to Changelog in the past month. Check out some of the updates you might have missed.
Privilege escalation with polkit: How to get root on Linux with a seven-year-old bug
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.
Dependabot updated `pip`, `pip-tools`, and `pipenv` support
Dependabot updated `pip`, `pip-tools`, and `pipenv` support