Learn from the experts: RSVP for workshops at Git Merge
At Git Merge—a conference for the Git community—you’ll join developers who are committed to the future of Git. In addition to seeing an amazing lineup of speakers, attendees of all…
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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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Creating a new contributor on-ramp
One of the most important elements of creating a strong community is shaping the new contributor experience. The on-boarding experience for new participants plays a huge role in how quickly…
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Udacity joins the Student Developer Pack
Following up on the release of the Ruby Nanodegree program that we co-created with Udacity, we’ve extended our partnership to offer GitHub Student Developer Pack members one month of free…
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Patchwork Portland
Portland friends, we hope you’ll join us for a Patchwork hack night on March 29, that will be co-hosted with our friends at TaborSpace. If you’re a beginner to Git…
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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…
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More code review tools
Effective code review catches bugs before they’re deployed, improves code consistency, and helps educate new developers. We’re adding new features to make code review on GitHub faster and more flexible.…
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Open Source Alley at OSCON: Call For Projects
OSCON is headed to Austin this year and we’re bringing back the GitHub Open Source Alley. The alley features open source projects from across the community where they can chat…
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CodeConf LA tickets are now on sale
CodeConf LA will converge June 27-29, 2016 in sunny Los Angeles for three days of unforgettable discussions. This year’s event will focus on systems engineering projects, practices, and programs in…
Learn moreThe library Patchwork El Paso
We’re excited to announce a Patchwork hack night on March 18, that will be co-hosted with our friends at University of Texas, El Paso. If you’re a high school or…
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Every day, thousands of people are having conversations on GitHub around code, design, bugs, and new ideas. Sometimes there are complex and nuanced points to be made, but other times…
Learn moreThe library Revamping GitHub’s Subversion Bridge
One of GitHub’s niche features is the ability to access a Git repository on GitHub using Subversion clients. Last year we re-architected a large portion of the Subversion bridge to work with our changing infrastructure.
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GDC Party 2016
Tens of thousands of game developers will descend upon San Francisco next week for the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC). But what would GDC be without the parties? Come by…
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Issue references and @mentions for GitHub Desktop
GitHub Desktop on both Windows and Mac now provides suggestions when mentioning team members, referencing Issues, and adding more 🎉 to your commit messages and Pull Requests. Just as you…
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Upgrading your Textile posts to Markdown
A month ago, we announced that GitHub Pages had upgraded to Jekyll 3.0. Starting May 1st, 2016, GitHub Pages will no longer support Textile. If you are currently using Textile…
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Speakers Announced for Git Merge 2016
We are excited to announce our confirmed speakers for Git Merge 2016! On April 5th, 2016 at New York City’s New World Stages (350 West 50th Street, New York City)…
Learn moreArchitecture & optimization Delivering Octicons with SVG
GitHub.com no longer delivers its icons via icon font. Instead, we’ve replaced all the Octicons throughout our codebase with SVG alternatives. While the changes are mostly under-the-hood, you’ll immediately feel…
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You’ll soon be able to skip the command line and upload files directly to your repositories without having to leave the browser. Repository uploads will be rolling out over the…
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Issue and Pull Request templates
It’s hard to solve a problem when important details are missing. Now project maintainers can add templates for Issues and Pull Requests to projects, helping contributors share the right details…
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Posters featuring some extraordinary Octocat moments are now available in 8.5″x11″, 18″x24″, and 24″x36″ sizes*. Check them out in the GitHub Shop *Frames not included
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Migrate your code with the GitHub Importer
If you have source code in Subversion, Mercurial, Team Foundation Server, or another Git repository, you can now quickly and easily move that code to GitHub with the GitHub Importer.…
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GitHub Enterprise 2.5 is now available
We are excited to announce the release of GitHub Enterprise 2.5. With this release, we’re introducing features and updates that will help development teams build software at scale with a…
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