GitHub Protips: Tips, tricks, hacks, and secrets from Sarah Vessels
In this edition of GitHub Protips, Sarah Vessels shares how she expresses ideas in code and doesn’t stress about the nitty-gritty details of how to neatly organize branches.
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Label improvements: emoji, descriptions, and more
Organizing issues and pull requests with labels can help you manage the chaos and be more productive. To support your labeling efforts and make labels even more useful, we’ve made…
Contribute to popular topics on GitHub
Topic pages on GitHub help you find repositories that match your interests—from Chrome extensions and cryptocurrency projects to web application frameworks like React. The pages also provide insight into the…
Search repositories by license
Now you can look for repositories by their license. Search for a specific license using a query such as license:mit or license:gpl-3.0 or find repositories licensed under a particular license…
Manage issues and pull requests with keyword updates
Manage your repositories’ incoming issues more efficiently with a few new updates: a keyword and saved reply to mark duplicate issues, along with a clearer, more informative style for keywords.…
Pin repositories to your GitHub profile
You can now showcase the repositories that best represent your work on your GitHub profile. Using the “Pinned repositories” list, you can pin any public repository you have contributed to.…
More contributions on your profile
Earning green squares on your contribution graph means celebrating the work you do in open source and public projects. Starting today, you can also celebrate the work you do in…