Incident Report: Inadvertent Private Repository Disclosure
On Thursday, October 20th, a bug in GitHub’s system exposed a small amount of user data via Git pulls and clones. In total, 156 private repositories of GitHub.com users were…
On Thursday, October 20th, a bug in GitHub’s system exposed a small amount of user data via Git pulls and clones. In total, 156 private repositories of GitHub.com users were…
Licenses are now displayed in the repository overview, allowing anyone to easily see if a project has an open source license. This change is immediately available on GitHub, and will…
Beginning today, repository admins must invite you to their repository and you must accept the invitation before you can start collaborating. Repository invitations let you decide whether or not you…
We’ve added several commonly requested features, making GitHub Pages an even better place to host websites for you and your projects. Repository metadata First, Jekyll sites on GitHub Pages now…
Today we’re proud to announce a redesigned repository experience focused on your content, built for everyday use. We’ll be slowly rolling out the ability to opt-in to this new design…
It’s a fact of life – sometimes repository names change. This can happen in a few different types of scenarios: When you rename a repository. When you rename your user…
Today we’re happy to announce two big additions to our API: File CRUD and Repository Statistics. File CRUD The repository contents API has allowed reading files for a while. Now…
1/9/2018: Whoops! This post is out of date. For more information on searching repositories on GitHub, check out our documentation. Today we are allowing you to search your own public…
Today we pushed a redesigned feature that highlights language statistics on repository home pages, allowing you to quickly see what languages a repository contains. It’s a great way to get…
We added a special header to all outgoing repository and direct message notifications that should make it much easier to filter emails: Direct messages get a List-ID of user.github.com, while…
When we launched Compare View earlier this year, we knew there was a killer feature still missing: the ability to compare branches across repositories. Easy forking and the networks that…
Hot off the presses is a brand new repository admin screen!
We just pushed out an updated header design for all repository pages, you can see it in action on any of our project pages The new headers fixed some long…
Last night we rolled out some nifty new repository lists for your dashboard in case you haven’t noticed. Find-as-you-type filter bar: If you know the repository name or owner name…
Edit: This feature has been replaced by Releases. This evening we rolled out a Downloads section for all repositories wherein repo members can upload files. Tag releases are also listed…
We’ve just rolled out a search box on every repository that allows you to search by a number of criteria. As always, your feedback how we can tweak the search…
Repository collaborator permissions are coming very soon. You’ll be able to give someone read, write, or admin access to your repository. To prepare for that, we’ve added an “Admin” tab…
You can now request a GitHub Copilot code review through the REST and GraphQL APIs and set the review effort level for each request. Balanced is also now the default…
You can now read more of the GitHub Advisory Database directly from the GraphQL API without falling back to the REST API. The SecurityAdvisory object gained five new fields: cveId:…
Open source maintainers are receiving more low-quality and automated vulnerability reports, which can bury the reports that matter. Rate limits cap how many new reports a single account can submit…
Private vulnerability reports can now use a structured form that asks reporters for the details you need to assess a vulnerability, including a reproducible proof of concept. A single free-text…
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