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Explore essential updates about Git—and the impact on GitHub—to stay informed about how new releases affect core functionalities, introduce new features and improvements, and fix bugs. Get detailed explanations of how these updates can enhance workflow efficiency, improve collaboration, and streamline version control processes.
The open-source Git project just released Git 2.41. Take a look at our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.41.
A new set of Git releases were published to address a variety of security vulnerabilities. All users are encouraged to upgrade. Take a look at GitHub’s view of the latest round of releases.
The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.40.
A look at what happened on January 30, what measures we’re putting in place to prevent surprises, and how we’ll handle future changes.
Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git apply` or `git clone` against untrusted patches or repositories.
Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git archive`, work in untrusted repositories, or use Git GUI on Windows.
Another new release of Git is here to end the year! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.39.
Git Merge 2022 just wrapped up bringing the community together for 16 talks, three workshops, one Git Contributor Summit, and lots of great conversations over two days. Read on for more info, photos from the event, and all of the session recordings.
Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially when cloning with –recurse-submodules from untrusted repositories, or if you use git shell interactive mode.
New to Git v2.38, Scalar is a built-in repository manager for large repos. Here, we’ll tell the story of how Scalar went from a rough VFS for Git successor to a fully-integrated Git tool, with all of the engineering lessons learned in the process.
Another new release of Git is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.38.
This fifth and final part of our blog series exploring Git’s internals shows several strategies for scaling your Git repositories that match related database sharding techniques.
We’re examining Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. This post views Git as a distributed database and looks into its synchronization techniques, specifically ‘git fetch’ and ‘git push’.
Git’s file history queries use specialized algorithms that are tailored to common developer behavior. Level up your history spelunking skills by learning how different history modes behave and which ones to use when you need them.
This post explores Git commit history as a database where ‘git log’ is the query language. Learn about Git’s custom query index – the commit-graph file – and how to make sure it’s enabled in your repositories.
