A bright future for GitHub
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Chris Wanstrath
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Thank you for 10 years
Today, we’re celebrating 10 years of code, commits, and collaboration thanks to you, our community.
The GitHub Diversity Report
Today I am pleased to share our second annual Diversity Report. While we are working every day internally to make GitHub the most inclusive company it can possibly be, this…
A whole new GitHub Universe: announcing new tools, forums, and features
Today I welcomed more than 1,500 people to our second annual Universe conference in San Francisco, an event designed to celebrate the people building the future of software. It’s an…
Diversity and Inclusion at GitHub
At GitHub our goal is to help everyone build better software. To do that, we know we must create a company where anyone, regardless of what they look like or…
The story behind the new GitHub Enterprise
Today we’re releasing the fastest and most flexible version of GitHub Enterprise ever, including high availability and disaster recovery options, dramatically improved LDAP and SAML integration, major improvements to features…
Join GitHub in support of the open Internet
Our open and free Internet fuels some of the most incredible innovation in history. It provides new opportunities for billions of people to communicate and collaborate, contributes to economic growth…
Diversity and Feedback at GitHub
Back in April I said we would share the new initiatives we’re launching to ensure GitHub is a welcoming and inclusive company. This work is long term and will remain…
Follow up to the investigation results
Last Monday I published the least open and least transparent blog post GitHub has ever written. We failed to admit and own up to our mistakes, and for that I’m…
Results of the GitHub Investigation
Last month, a number of allegations were made against GitHub and some of its employees, including one of its co-founders, Tom Preston-Werner. We took these claims seriously and launched a…
Update on Julie Horvath’s Departure
This weekend, GitHub employee Julie Horvath spoke publicly about negative experiences she had at GitHub that contributed to her resignation. I am deeply saddened by these developments and want to…
Closing Issues via Commit Messages
Recently we changed the way closing issues via commit message works on GitHub. Now when you enter “Fixes #33” in a commit message, issue 33 will only be closed once…
Spring Cleaning
Spring is in the air. At GitHub we’re busting out the mops and hosing down the site. Today we’re removing two features. They’ve been gathering dust for a while and…
Fight Breast Cancer in Style
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this year GitHub is offering a Pinktocat t-shirt to help the cause. All proceeds of this fabulous limited edition shirt will be donated…
Biking to work is awesome
GitHub was recently featured on SF’s local CBS news in a segment about proposed bike legislation. Our very own @kamzilla can be seen representing “forward thinking companies like GitHub” in…