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The impact of that first repository: Winners of the #myfirstrepo contest
We’re sharing the #myfirstrepo contest winners along with how you can easily find your first repository.December 10, 2019
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Show your peers how to collaborate with GitHub
Student event organizers can use the new workshop from Major League Hacking, How to Collaborate on Code Projects with GitHub, to help their peers get started with version control.Arelia JonesJune 18, 2019
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Generate new repositories with repository templates
Today, we’re excited to introduce repository templates to make boilerplate code management and distribution a first-class citizen on GitHub. To get started, all you need to do is mark a repository as a template, and you’ll immediately be able to use it to generate new repositories with all of the template repository’s files and folders.June 6, 2019
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Pins to win: students, show off your stuff to win a GitHub Education backpack
Make your portfolio shine with pinned gists.June 3, 2019
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Download all of your GitHub data
Now you can request an archive of your data from your account settings page.Lexi GalantinoDecember 19, 2018
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Tutorial: How to deploy an app to production with an actual button
Ready to deploy? “Ship it!” to production with the press of a button.August 16, 2018
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Measuring the many sizes of a Git repository
Is your Git repository bursting at the seams? git-sizer is a new open source tool that can tell you when your repo is getting too big. git-sizer computes various Git…March 5, 2018
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Learn how to use GitHub with your favorite IDE
Join the GitHub Training Team for a week dedicated to IDEs. We’ll feature a different IDE every day and show you how to make the most of your GitHub workflow…August 28, 2017
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Managing large numbers of GitHub notifications
When you first started using GitHub, you read every notification that trickled in with interest and stayed up-to-date on projects with ease. It gets more difficult when you start to…July 18, 2017
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Manage issues and pull requests with keyword updates
Manage your repositories’ incoming issues more efficiently with a few new updates: a keyword and saved reply to mark duplicate issues, along with a clearer, more informative style for keywords.…July 14, 2017
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Rebase and merge pull requests
The merge button on pull requests supports two great workflows with merge commits and commit squashing. Now you can use the merge button to rebase and merge your changes, too.…September 26, 2016
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The GitHub GraphQL API
GitHub announced a public API one month after the site launched. We’ve evolved this platform through three versions, adhering to RFC standards and embracing new design patterns to provide a clear and consistent interface.GitHub EngineeringSeptember 14, 2016
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Publish Your Project Documentation with GitHub Pages
You might be familiar with how GitHub Pages helps you share your work with the world or maybe you have attended a class that helped you build your first GitHub…August 22, 2016
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Pin repositories to your GitHub profile
You can now showcase the repositories that best represent your work on your GitHub profile. Using the “Pinned repositories” list, you can pin any public repository you have contributed to.…June 16, 2016
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Kindly Closing Pull Requests
Getting your first pull request from an outside contributor on GitHub is an exciting experience. Someone cared enough about the problem you were solving to check it out themselves, change…March 15, 2016
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