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Since forking a repository is so easy on GitHub, a number of people tend to do it thinking they want to play with the source, but then never actually push…
Since forking a repository is so easy on GitHub, a number of people tend to do it thinking they want to play with the source, but then never actually push…
A few months ago I started talking with the Pragmatic Programmers about doing some screencasts. At the time, I was doing the GitCasts series and was considering branching out into…
Why do I love GitHub? There are many reasons, even forgetting that they now employ me… One of the coolest ones, however, is the community. There are lots of hosting…
Microsoft’s IronRuby is moving to GitHub. ![](http://img.skitch.com/20081125-xugx44mr4yrqcgpxc3kw2nejew.png) They’ve already been here for a while, but now the main repository is officially moving. IronRuby joins Rubinius and dozens of other language…
I’ve done some serious work towards generating more accurate statistics this week. If you’re interested in how the graphs are made, check out my rebase project. I’m going to be…
You can now add multiple Post-Receive URLs for a single repository. Also, the Post-Receive settings have moved to the ‘Services’ tab (where they belong).
Sorry about the delay on this one folks. Enjoy! 🙂 Stats Breakdown Notable Projects acts_like_git: Crappy name, but this Rails plugin really does some neat stuff. It allows you to…
Update: GitHub Codesearch is now located at github.com/search Today we’re unveiling a new feature on GitHub that we’ve been working on for a bit now that lets you search through…
What happens when a dozen Git developers get together for beers after an all day Git conference? Patches like this: Subject: [PATCH 1/1] diff: support making output friendlier for fine,…
![](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/391331/13195468/9e081ce4-d767-11e5-8866-125dac0d271a.jpeg) It’s hard to imagine, but just one year ago today we made the first commit to the GitHub repository. We don’t have a baby book for GitHub, so we’ll…
Here’s our latest feature: Did ya spot it? It’s the delete button! No, we’re not crazy. Prior to today, if you had a project that had been forked, you were…
It’s true, GitHub goes down. But this is not centralized version control land – GitHub going down does not have to stop you from committing to or deploying your code…
We’ve just added site-wide token based authentication. You can find your API token in your account page, front and center. Simply pass login and token to any URL which requires…
David Baldwin has said goodbye to WordPress and started using GitHub as his blog. Go see for yourself: github.com/bilson/blog I love seeing novel uses of git and GitHub and this…
Edit: these features are no longer available. To go along with our new language graphs we’ve added some site-wide language pages. First, the top languages in GitHub as used by…
Double plus update: Check out our help documentation for full details on importing from SVN. Update: There have been reports of hanging on the import authors page and the import…
The flogic guys have a great write up detailing their setup. They go into detail on how to setup a local mirror to use when deploying your app. Here’s a…
You can now test post-receive hooks by viewing the “edit” page of your repository. This’ll fire off a similar payload to the one your post-receive URL will receive on a…
mrdon has an excellent blog post explaining how to use GitHub with Maven. Not just read-only, either – mrdon’s solution handles pushing the git repository changes to GitHub transparently. The…
Worried about GitHub going down? Host not found errors in the middle of your deploy? Fear not! guitsaru” has written a guide on what to do When GitHub Goes Bad.…
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