SHA-1 collision detection on GitHub.com
A few weeks ago, researchers announced SHAttered, the first collision of the SHA-1 hash function. Starting today, all SHA-1 computations on GitHub.com will detect and reject any Git content that…
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The latest blogs from GitHub
Explore the latest blogs from GitHub on all things software development from the newest capabilities on the GitHub platform to research and insights—and guides to help you level up your engineering skills.
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Invest in tools students can grow with: GitHub and RStudio for data science at Duke University
Data science is a melting pot of disciplines: students from Anthropology to Political Science to Education all sign up for the same course. It’s a challenge to keep the material…
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Open source license descriptions and metadata
Back in September we added open source licenses to repository overview pages. Now, when you view a repository’s license, we’ll tell you a bit more about it. If a project…
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Humans need at least 3.5 contribution mugs worth of water every day. This 18-ounce mug can help contribute to even the most demanding of hydration habits. Mix the contribution graph…
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Bug Bounty third anniversary wrap-up
In honor of our Bug Bounty Program’s third birthday, we kicked off a promotional bounty period in January and February. In addition to bonus payouts, the scope of the bug…
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Starting today, all Markdown user content hosted in our website, including user comments, wikis, and .md files in repositories will be parsed and rendered following a formal specification for GitHub Flavored Markdown.
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We’re releasing a formal specification of the syntax for GitHub Flavored Markdown, and its corresponding reference implementation.
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Seattle, join us for a meetup on March 9th
Stop by the Tap House Grill on Thursday March 9th, 2017 from 6 to 9PM. Photo CC-BY Tiffany Von Arnim The GitHub Education team is in town for SIGCSE, the…
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Restrict review dismissals with protected branches
There’s a new way to reinforce your team’s code reviews. Now you can specify who in your organization can dismiss reviews on a protected branch. In the last year, we’ve…
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Introducing GitHub for Unity
Git helps millions of developers write and collaborate on code, but it’s not always a practical choice for building games. With the GitHub for Unity extension, Unity game developers (artists…
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Git LFS 2.0.0 released
Today we’re announcing the next major release of Git LFS: v2.0.0. The official release notes have the complete list of all the new features, performance improvements, and more. In the…
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Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com
Today we’re introducing a new Business offering that brings SAML single sign-on, automated provisioning and deprovisioning, 24/5 support, and guaranteed uptime to GitHub.com. With direct access to our developer community…
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GitHub Enterprise 2.9 is here with Pull Request improvements, organization-wide Projects, and Google Cloud Platform support
GitHub Enterprise 2.9 is now available with improvements for both developers and administrators. With this release, administrators will see improvements in reliability and developers can get more out of pull…
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Real-time feedback for students using continuous integration tools
For teachers it can be a challenge to get students the help they need exactly when they get stuck, especially in large courses. But when teachers use an automated testing…
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Earlier this month, we gave you a preview of our Terms of Service update, and we asked for feedback from our community. You responded overwhelmingly! Thank you so much, everyone…
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Discontinue support for weak cryptographic standards
Cryptographic standards are ever evolving. It is the canonical game of security cat and mouse, with attacks rendering older standards ill-suited, and driving the community to develop newer and stronger…
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GitHub GDC Party 2017
With the the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC) in San Francisco next week, that means it’s time for our annual GDC Party. Please swing by…
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Last month, we announced the third anniversary of our Bug Bounty Program. While there’s still time to disclose your findings through the program, we wanted to pull back the curtain…
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Organize your experts with ad hoc teams
Many engineering organizations sort developers into teams like application engineering, platform engineering, web development, systems, and quality. Structuring organizations in this way can leave blind spots that exclude the people…
Learn moreThe library How CS50 uses GitHub to teach computer science
Professor David J. Malan, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Computer Science at Harvard University, is dedicated to offering his students a robust learning experience. This post outlines how…
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New in the shop: Sticker Pack 5
You asked for it and we listened. Let us introduce you to Sticker Pack Five. Collect them all from the GitHub Shop!
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