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Git 2.46 is here with new features like pseudo-merge bitmaps, more capable credential helpers, and a new git config command. Check out our coverage on some of the highlights here.

To create a comprehensive model of the dependencies in a Maven project, it is essential to understand the the transitive dependencies that are resolved at build-time. This feature automatically performs…

To make it easier to submit security advisories, GitHub now validates package names. When submitting a new GHSA (GitHub Security Advisory) in a repository, the user is prompted to enter…

The enum field indicating a ‘detached’ status will be deprecated from the ‘Get repositories associated with a code security configuration’ endpoint. The endpoint itself will remain. We will replace the…

Solving and staying ahead of problems when scaling up a system of GitHub’s size is a delicate process. Here’s a look at some of the tools in GitHub’s toolbox, and how we’ve used them to solve problems.

GitHub Advanced Security customers using secret scanning can now use the REST API to enable or disable support for non-provider patterns at the repository level. Non-provider patterns scans for token…

GitHub Staff Engineer Sarah Vessels discusses her philosophy of code review, what separates good code review from bad, her strategy for finding and reviewing code, and how to get the most from reviews of her own code.

Code security configurations were made generally available on July 10th, 2024. This experience replaces our old settings experience and its API. If you are currently using the REST API endpoint…

Today, we’re excited to announce the general availability of our new organization and enterprise-level security overview dashboards, alongside enhanced secret scanning metrics and the enablement trends reports. These features are…

GitHub Enterprise Cloud customers can now see code security configurations data in audit log events. Code security configurations simplify the rollout of GitHub security products at scale by defining collections…

An interview with economic researchers who are applying causal inference techniques to analyze the effect of generative AI tools on software development activity.

Secret scanning now detects generic passwords using AI. Passwords are difficult to find with custom patterns — the AI-powered detection offers greater precision for unstructured credentials that can cause security…

Organization owners and security managers can now filter the table of repositories on the code security configurations settings page by configuration attachment failure reason. This is useful when you’ve attempted…

Secret scanning now helps you more easily define custom patterns with GitHub Copilot. Generally available as of today, you can now leverage AI to generate custom patterns without expert knowledge…

Code scanning autofix for alerts in default branch is now available in public beta for all GitHub Advanced Security customers. This feature empowers developers to reduce the time and effort…

Organization owners can now grant a user or team access to all of the repositories in their org with a single click. Five new pre-defined roles have been added to…

When rolling out code scanning default setup at scale (e.g., via code security configurations), GitHub checks if an advanced CodeQL setup already exists for each repository. If an advanced setup…

In June, we released a number of improvements to the GitHub Mobile apps, mostly focusing on accessibility and enhancing existing features. iOS You can now navigate to GitHub URLs by…

GitHub Pages’ legacy pagesworker architecture was shut down on June 30, 2024. In August 2022, GitHub Actions became the default method to build and deploy Pages sites. Branch deployment remains…

Delegated bypass for push protection has expanded to cover pushes from the web file editor. When your organization or repository configures a delegated bypass list for push protection, any commits…

The next step in our GitHub for Beginners series is learning how to add files and folders to your GitHub repository.