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GitHub Copilot Workspace: Technical Preview
We’re redefining the developer environment with GitHub Copilot Workspace - where any developer can go from idea, to code, to software all in natural language.
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Three bugs in the Go MySQL driver
Check out what we learned from shipping our busiest Go service in production—we found 3 bugs in the Go MySQL driver.
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Code scanning for security vulnerabilities now available
Now available, code scanning is a developer-first, GitHub-native approach to easily find security vulnerabilities before they reach production.
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Scaling monorepo maintenance
Today, GitHub can repack even the largest repositories we host in a fraction of the time it used to take. Here's how we did it, and why.
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NPM security update: Attack campaign using stolen OAuth tokens
npm's impact analysis of the attack campaign using stolen OAuth tokens and additional findings.
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GitHub Sponsors will stop supporting PayPal
Starting on February 23, 2023, GitHub Sponsors will no longer support PayPal as a payments processor. As such, it will no longer be possible to sponsor individuals or organizations using…
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Why Python keeps growing, explained
A deep dive into why more people are using Python than ever, its key use cases, and why it’s still so popular 30-plus years after it was first released.
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Footnotes now supported in GitHub Markdown
Footnotes let you reference relevant information without disrupting the flow of what you're trying to say: Here is a simple footnote[^1]. With some additional text after it. [^1]: My reference.…
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How we use web components
GitHub has long been a proponent of Web Components. Here's how we use them.
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Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here's GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes.
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Browse good first issues to start contributing to open source
We've recently launched good first issues recommendations to help new contributors find easy gateways into open source projects. Read about the machine learning engine behind these recommendations.
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GitHub code search is generally available
The world’s code is now at your fingertips.
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Arm64 on GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions now offers Arm-hosted runners with images built by Arm for developers to begin building on the latest and most sustainable processors on the market.
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Git archive checksums may change
We are reverting this change for now. More details to follow. The default compression for Git archives has recently changed. As result, archives downloaded from GitHub may have different checksums…
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Behind GitHub’s new authentication token formats
We’re excited to share a deep dive into how our new authentication token formats are built and how these improvements are keeping your tokens more secure. As we continue to…
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SSH commit verification now supported
GitHub now supports SSH commit verification, so you can sign commits and tags locally using a self-generated SSH public key, which will give others confidence about the origin of a…
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Make your monorepo feel small with Git’s sparse index
The new sparse index feature makes it feel like you are working in a small repository when working in a focused portion of a monorepo.
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Git’s database internals I: packed object store
This blog series will examine Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. Part I discusses how Git stores its data in packfiles using custom compression techniques.
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Security keys are now supported for SSH Git operations
You can now use FIDO2 security keys to authenticate over SSH for remote Git operations, providing a higher level of account security.
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Nbdev: A literate programming environment that democratizes best practices
Learn about nbdev, a new literate programming environment for Python.
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Dependabot version updates introduce default package cooldown
Dependabot now waits until a new release has been available on its registry for at least three days before opening a version update pull request. This cooldown is now the…
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Why Write ADRs
How architecture decision records can help your team.
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Improve Git monorepo performance with a file system monitor
Monorepo performance can suffer due to the sheer number of files in your working directory. Git’s new builtin file system monitor makes it easy to speed up monorepo performance.
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Highlights from Git 2.28
The open source Git project just released Git 2.28 with features and bug fixes from over 58 contributors, 13 of them new. We last caught up with you on the…
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Improving Git protocol security on GitHub
We’re changing which keys are supported in SSH and removing unencrypted Git protocol. If you’re an SSH user, read on for the details and timeline.
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GitHub merge queue is generally available
Supercharge pull request merges on your busiest branches by enabling your team to queue.
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GitHub Actions: Ephemeral self-hosted runners and new webhooks for auto-scaling
GitHub Actions now supports ephemeral (i.e. single job) self-hosted runners and a new workflow_job webhook to make autoscaling your runners easier. After a job is run, ephemeral runners are automatically…
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Secret scanning is now available for free on public repositories
Previously, only organizations with GitHub Advanced Security could enable secret scanning's user experience on their repositories. Now, any admin of a public repository on GitHub.com can detect leaked secrets in…
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Enabling the Future of GitHub's REST API with API Versioning
We’re introducing calendar-based versioning for our REST API, so we can keep evolving our API, whilst still giving integrators a smooth migration path and plenty of time to update their integrations.
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Bringing supply chain security features to the Go community
GitHub’s supply chain security features are now available for Go modules, which will help the Go community discover, report & prevent vulnerabilities.