Git security vulnerabilities announced
Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially when cloning with –recurse-submodules from untrusted repositories, or if you use git shell interactive mode. ⌘ Read more
Introducing fine-grained personal access tokens for GitHub
Fine-grained personal access tokens offer enhanced security to developers and organization owners, to reduce the risk to your data of compromised tokens. ⌘ Read more
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Upgrade your local installation of Git, especially when cloning with `–recurse-submodules` from untrusted repositories, or if you use `git shell` interactive mode. ⌘ Read more
GitHub at the 77th United Nations General Assembly
Read about how the GitHub Social Impact, Tech for Social Good and Policy teams participated in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, including events we hosted with the World Health Organization and the UN Development Programme. ⌘ Read more
5 tips for embedding security into your workflows
Having a robust security plan is key to innovation. These tips will empower you to gain the upper hand on cyberattacks, so you can ship quickly and innovate with ease. ⌘ Read more
OSI’s Deep Dive is an essential discussion on the future of AI and open source
GitHub is sponsoring Open Source Initiative’s Deep Dive: AI because we think it’s important for the community to unpack how open source software, process, and principles can help best deliver on the promise of AI. ⌘ Read more
Introducing GitHub Advanced Security SIEM integrations for security professionals
Learn about using GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) alerts with Security Information and Events Management (SIEM) tools. Check out the integrations, and read more about getting started. ⌘ Read more
The Story of Scalar
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. ⌘ Read more
The GitHub Universe 2022 agenda is live
Explore 80+ content sessions delivered by over 120 different speakers, across two days and four content tracks, all designed to level up your skills. ⌘ Read more
On the go with GitHub Projects on GitHub Mobile (public beta)
Stay connected and up to date on your work with GitHub Projects on GitHub Mobile, now in public beta. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Se quiserem aprender git e a usar o gitlab e github, o @mind_booster da ANSOL vai dar uma introdução online, no âmbito do Hacktoberfest, no próximo dia 13 de outubro das 22h às 23h. Mais info de como assitir e participar aqui:
https://ansol.org/eventos/2022-10-13-hacktoberfest/
Se quiserem aprender git e a usar o gitlab e github, o @mind_booster da ANSOL vai dar uma introdução online, no âmbito do Hacktoberfest, no próximo dia 13 de outubro d … ⌘ Read more
**R to @mind_booster: And in a different kind of contribution, I’ll also be doing a small introductory presentation on git, gitlab and github (in Portuguese), hosted by @ANSOL:
https://ansol.org/eventos/2022-10-13-hacktoberfest/**
And in a different kind of contribution, I’ll also be doing a small introductory presentation on git, gitlab and github (in Portuguese), hosted by @ANSOL:
 has launched the 2022 edition of its Global Innovation Index (GII) with an indicator of developer creative outputs based on GitHub commits. ⌘ Read more
GitHub’s supply chain security features now support Dart
Cross-platform apps built with the popular Flutter toolkit can now benefit from Dependabot alerts. ⌘ Read more
js13kGames 2022 winners 🏆
The eleventh annual js13kGames coding competition, challenging participants to create games in 13kB or less of JavaScript in a month, just wrapped up. This post highlights the top thirteen entries. ⌘ Read more
Detect secrets in your code more accurately with dry runs for custom patterns now available in GitHub Advanced Security
Learn how you can seamlessly define trusted custom secret patterns to detect secrets unique to your organization with GitHub Advanced Security. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: September 2022
In September, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. We also experienced one incident resulting in significant impact to Codespaces. We are still investigating that incident and will include it in next month’s report. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in August and an incident that impacted Actions in August. ⌘ Read more
Working on a creative project? Unleash your originality and start to tinker with the Aspiring Creatives Experience
Develop your design and collaboration skills to get your clever intentions off the ground. ⌘ Read more
Two ways you can experience GitHub Universe
GitHub Universe is back and more robust than ever, with two great ways to engage with everything this global developer event has to offer. ⌘ Read more
Expand your open source contributions during Hacktoberfest 2022
Give back to open source projects during the month of October! This year, we’re encouraging more than code contributions: writing, design, advocacy, and financial donations. ⌘ Read more
Highlights from Git 2.38
Another new release of Git is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what’s new in Git 2.38. ⌘ Read more
GitHub supports internet freedom and global availability in Iran
Access to the open internet is essential to defending human rights, and developers have an important role in promoting freedom of expression and transparency. GitHub is committed to keeping Iranians connected to the global developer community. ⌘ Read more
After the offer: staying in tech long-term
Tech can be a tricky industry (to say the least). We talked with three tech professionals who share why they stay, what has helped them the most, and the power of switching things up. ⌘ Read more
Best practices on rolling out code scanning at enterprise scale
Learn best practices on how to roll out centrally managed, developer-centric application security with a third party CI/CD system like Jenkins or ADO. ⌘ Read more
Meet the GitHub Campus Experts selected for the fall 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
Three new Campus Experts are joining the fall 2022 batch of the MLH Fellowship to work with open source maintainers and get real-world experience. ⌘ Read more
GitHub for Startups is generally available
We’re launching GitHub for Startups to give your startup the tools needed to go from idea to unicorn status on the world’s largest developer platform. ⌘ Read more
Security alert: new phishing campaign targets GitHub users
On September 16, GitHub Security learned that threat actors were targeting GitHub users with a phishing campaign by impersonating CircleCI to harvest user credentials and two-factor codes. While GitHub itself was not affected, the campaign has impacted many victim organizations. ⌘ Read more
Applications for micro-mentoring at GitHub Universe 2022 are now live
Students have the opportunity to connect with GitHub employees at GitHub Universe 2022 through Micro-Mentoring sessions hosted by GitHub Social Impact. ⌘ Read more
The ReadME Project: Built for you!
The ReadME Project & Podcast evolve with community expert voices and topics to stoke discussion about the culture and craft of software development. ⌘ Read more
Why we signed the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy
As the home for developers, we understand the key role our communities play in steering digital transformation and maintaining societal infrastructure. That’s why we choose to drive and support policies and initiatives like the Copenhagen Pledge on Tech for Democracy. We’re committed to working with like-minded organizations, governments, and civil society to make digital technologies work for democracy and human rights, … ⌘ Read more
Transform your software engineering practices with GitHub Enterprise
Go beyond knowing GitHub as the home of open source and explore how GitHub Enterprise can help you transform your software engineering organization and practices. ⌘ Read more
“If you don’t make it beautiful, it’s for sure doomed”: putting the Vault in GitHub’s Arctic Code Vault
GitHub this month installed a massive steel vault, etched with striking AI-generated art, deep within an Arctic mountain, finalizing its Arctic Code Vault. This vault contains the 188 reels of hardened archival film which will preserve the 02/02/202 snapshot of every active public GitHub repository for 1,000 years. It also now includes a … ⌘ Read more
Meet the GitHub Campus Experts selected for the fall 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
Three new Campus Experts are joining the fall 2022 batch of the MLH Fellowship to work with open source maintainers and get real-world experience. ⌘ Read more
5 steps to convince your boss to send you to GitHub Universe
Here are some actionable tips on how to ask your manager to send you to GitHub Universe this year—with a free template included! ⌘ Read more
5 tips for prioritizing Dependabot alerts
Dependabot alerts can give you the ability to secure your project by keeping dependency-based vulnerabilities out of your code. Here are some tips to more efficiently prioritize and take action on your alerts, so you can get back to building. ⌘ Read more
How we tripled max concurrent jobs to boost performance of GitHub Actions
The GitHub Actions team has done lots of work to improve the performance and resource consumption of Actions on GHES in the past year. ⌘ Read more
8 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Copilot
Developers all over the world are using GitHub Copilot to help speed up their development and increase developer productivity. With GitHub Copilot available to developers everywhere, we’ve found some fun and useful examples of how developers can use GitHub Copilot for things you may not be thinking about. ⌘ Read more
Scaling Git’s garbage collection
A tour of recent work to re-engineer Git’s garbage collection process to scale to our largest and most active repositories. ⌘ Read more
Join GitHub at the Grace Hopper Celebration 2022
We’re thrilled to be back at the Grace Hopper Celebration at Open Source Day, the largest celebration of women in open source. Stop by and say hi at one of our workshops. ⌘ Read more
Gear-up and unlock the newest GitHub Global Campus features
Calling all students and teachers! With semester change coming soon, now is the time to start using the latest features within GitHub Education and Global Campus! ⌘ Read more
SCA vs SAST: what are they and which one is right for you?
We’re taking a look at two commonly-used security tools and detailing how they can help secure your projects. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot now available for teachers
After a year in technical preview, GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer, is now free for all teachers verified on GitHub Global Campus. ⌘ Read more
Research: open source software in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico
Read the new GitHub report on OSS in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico. Available now in English, and in Spanish and Arabic later this year. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: August 2022
In August, we experienced one incident resulting in significant impact to Codespaces. We’re still investigating that incident and will include it in next month’s report. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in July. ⌘ Read more
Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness
When the GitHub Copilot Technical Preview launched just over one year ago, we wanted to know one thing: Is this tool helping developers? Our research, using a combination of surveys and experiments, led us to expected and unexpected answers. ⌘ Read more
Join us for OctogatosConf 2022
Live on September 15, 2022, with talks by industry experts in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, on topics including software development, security, technical project management, community, open source, professional development and best practices. ⌘ Read more
Contributing to open source at GitHub
A software engineer’s personal journey to becoming an open source contributor. ⌘ Read more
Release Radar · August 2022 Edition
We’ve been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022 and our community has been launching cool projects left right and center. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of the open source projects that released major version updates this August. Read more about these projects in […] ⌘ Read more
Git’s database internals V: scalability
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. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code. ⌘ Read more