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Generate new repositories with repository templates
Today, we’re excited to introduce repository templates to make boilerplate code management and distribution a first-class citizen on GitHub.
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Work with GitHub Actions in Your Terminal with GitHub CLI
As of 1.9.0, GitHub Actions is available in your terminal. Two new top-level commands, `gh run` and `gh workflow`, provide insight into workflow runs.
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Supercharging GitHub Actions with Job Summaries
You can now output and group custom Markdown content on the Actions run summary page.
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Bring your monorepo down to size with sparse-checkout
Git 2.25.0 includes a new experimental git sparse-checkout command that makes the existing feature easier to use, along with some important performance benefits for large repositories.
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Commits are shapshots, not diffs
Git has a reputation for being confusing. Users stumble over terminology and phrasing that misguides their expectations. This is most apparent in commands that “rewrite history” such as git cherry-pick or git rebase. In my experience,…
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Commit comments no longer appear in the pull request timeline
Code review on GitHub has evolved a lot since we introduced the ability to comment on an individual commit in 2008. Users today can propose a change using a pull…
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A new public beta of GitHub Releases
GitHub Releases has a new look and updated tools to make it easier for open source communities to create and share high-quality releases with auto-generated release notes.
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New GitHub themes for VS Code
New GitHub Light Default, GitHub Dark Default and GitHub Dark Dimmed themes matching the official github.com themes are now available in VS Code. To start using the new themes, go…
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Evolving GitHub Issues
GitHub Issues has been how the world’s best software teams collaborate since it first launched in 2009. Today we are excited to unveil a major evolution of issues and projects,…
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GitHub CLI allows you to close, reopen, and add metadata to issues and PR
GitHub CLI now allows you to close, reopen, and add metadata to issues and pull requests.
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Highlights from Git 2.25
Take a look at some of the new features in the latest Git release.