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  A call for feedback on our policies around exploits and malware

  April 30, 2021 update: Thank you to everyone who’s weighed in on the discussion so far. I’ve commented in the pull request to clarify a few points based on initial…April 29, 2021

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  GitHub Desktop supports hiding whitespace, expanding diffs, and creating repository aliases

  GitHub Desktop 2.8 now includes several new features to make it easier to work with diffs and easier for people who have multiple copies of the same repository. Expand diffs…Billy Griffin·April 28, 2021

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  Environmental sustainability at GitHub

  At GitHub, we believe in the extraordinary potential and power of a diverse, collaborative developer community to accelerate human progress. Just look at the first-ever powered flight on another planet…April 22, 2021

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  New and simplified Enterprise and Partner Terms

  Can agreement terms be a great user experience? This was the challenge GitHub’s legal department set for itself last year. We’re excited to announce all-new GitHub Customer Terms for our…Leithia Williams·April 20, 2021

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  Open source goes to Mars 🚀

  This morning, we watched in awe as the first Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, took flight in the thin Martian atmosphere. This is an incredible achievement for the teams at NASA and…April 19, 2021

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  Work with GitHub Actions in your terminal with GitHub CLI

  gh brings GitHub to the command line by helping developers manage pull requests, issues, gists, and much more. As of 1.9.0, even more of GitHub is available in your terminal:…April 15, 2021

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  Safe harbors for software collaboration, part 2

  The modern internet was built on a legal framework of safe harbors for user-generated content. These safe harbors are widely credited with having enabled global internet innovation by protecting online…April 8, 2021

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  GitHub Availability Report: March 2021

  In March, we experienced three incidents resulting in significant impact and degraded state of availability for issues, pull requests, webhooks, API requests, GitHub Pages, and GitHub Actions services. Follow up…April 7, 2021

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  Supreme Court sides with developers in Google v. Oracle

  Yesterday’s Supreme Court decision in Google v. Oracle reaffirms that developers’ ability to port their code and skills between platforms is a significant interest to be protected. The headline is…April 6, 2021

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  Announcing the Global Maintainer Summit

  If you’re an open source maintainer, you know that keeping the wheels of the open source ecosystem turning is quite a task. Project maintenance is uniquely challenging and rewarding work.…April 6, 2021

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  Introducing new push notifications, scheduling, releases and more on GitHub Mobile

  GitHub Mobile helps you get work done when you’re on the go, wherever you go. You’ve told us that you’d like more options for push notifications and viewing releases on…March 30, 2021

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  GitHub Desktop now supports cherry-picking

  GitHub Desktop aims to provide an intuitive way for users to complete everyday Git and GitHub workflows. One of our most requested features from the past year is cherry-picking, and…March 30, 2021

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  GitHub Advanced Security: Introducing security overview beta and general availability of secret scanning for private repositories

  GitHub Advanced Security helps you create secure applications with a community-driven, developer-first approach. Today, we are excited to announce two updates: Beta of the new security overview for organizations and…William Bartholomew·March 30, 2021

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  Women’s History Month spotlight: Honoring women developers

  March is Women’s History Month: a unique time to celebrate the myriad impact of women leaders, both throughout history and today. It’s also a time to reflect on the challenges…March 29, 2021

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  GitHub India: Celebrating a community connected by code

  A year ago, we were celebrating the launch of GitHub India to serve the third largest developer community on GitHub. Today, I am thrilled to welcome GitHub Satellite to India…March 25, 2021

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