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We’ve always shown the last commit to the Branch or Tag you’re browsing on the root page of a repository: Now, we also show the latest commit per directory —…

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…

We first introduced OAuth2 tokens in the GitHub API starting in v3. Unlike usernames and passwords, OAuth tokens provide additional benefits: Revocable access. Tokens can be revoked at any time…

Today we’re shipping new user profile pages. We wanted the new profile pages to feel more personal and less like another dashboard. We’re using larger, Retina-friendly avatars on the new…

At GitHub, we use the command line every day. From git commands to script/server, we love the power it offers. This got us thinking, “why can’t we do that with…

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…

GitHub.com suffered two outages early this week that resulted in one hour and 46 minutes of downtime and another hour of significantly degraded performance. This is far below our standard…

You can already see all the repositories you’ve starred at github.com/stars, but today your Stars page just got a whole lot better. Search Looking for a repository you starred? Search…

We’re excited to announce the latest release of GitHub Enterprise. We’ve been working hard to bring you the most recent features from GitHub.com, and we’re shipping this version with our…

We recently changed the Watcher behavior on GitHub. What used to be known as “Watching” is now “Starring”. Starring is basically a way to bookmark interesting repositories. Watching is a…

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,…

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…

We are extremely pleased to announce the initial release of the GitHub Android App available on Google Play. The app is free to download and you can also browse the…

Try Git Today we’re launching a unique and easy way, in the format of a Code School interactive course, for new Git and GitHub users to try both the tool…

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…

Last month we kicked off the GitHub Data Challenge to see what awesome things might be lurking in the GitHub public timeline. The entries were incredible! People from all over…

This article hasn’t been updated in a while. For the most current information, please refer to the docs and the Desktop website. Today, I thought it would be fun to…

This article hasn’t been updated in a while. For the most current information, please refer to the docs and the Desktop website. Ever wish there was an easy way to…

GitHub for Mac is powered by TwUI, Twitter’s open source, Core Animation-based UI framework for Mac. It’s the same framework that drives Twitter for Mac. TwUI lets us create fast,…

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…

We recently shipped a new About section. It has all sorts of stuff like high resolution logos, pictures of the GitHub team, a little bit about our story, recent press…