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The PHP Core source code has migrated to git and is available on GitHub. Last fall the PHP core team voted to pick a distributed version control system and git…

We just rolled out some cool changes to how you manage OAuth applications. First up is a newly-polished Applications settings section for both developers (application owners) and users (application users).…

@xpaulbettsx is in Calgary this week for PrairieDevCon, so we’re throwing a drinkup this week on Wednesday (March 14th) at 8PM. Not going to the convention? Who cares! Come out…

If you’re curious about what the octocreation process looks like, today is your lucky day. Check out this ten minute video of the creation of the Codercat.

That’s right, GitHub’s very own @atmos, @tanoku, and myself will be hosting a drinkup in Rome, Italy for Codemotion. The Facts The drinkup will be held at Freni E Frizioni…

With spring in the air and GDC in town, we decided to double-ship this month’s drinkup. This Thursday night, we’ll be buying drinks at two neighboring bars, Eddie Rickenbacker’s and…

There has been some confusion over today’s security vulnerability and our policy on responsible disclosure and account suspension that I’d like to clear up. Three days ago, user @homakov opened…

At 8:49am Pacific Time this morning a GitHub user exploited a security vulnerability in the public key update form in order to add his public key to the rails organization.…

Today we are announcing GitHub for Mac 1.2, an update we have dubbed Snow Octocat. Just like its bigger-cat cousin Snow Leopard, the goal for this release was to increase…

Josh Peek and I are in Stockholm, Sweden this week for Crash & Burn. We’re also buying drinks for all of our favorite Stockholm friends. You should join us. We…

We’re back in Bend Oregon for Ruby on Ales which means its time for another GitHub drinkup! Two GitHubbers (Brandon Keepers and Jonathan Hoyt) will be at JC’s Bar and…

We’re having a long-overdue GitHub drinkup in London this coming Thursday the 8th of March from 7pm, upstairs at the Big Chill House. Five GitHubbers (Zach, Simon, Danny, Josh and…

The GDC (Game Developers Conference), the world’s largest and longest-running professionals-only game industry event will be in San Francisco next week. We’ll be there with our Octobooth March 7th –…

This weekend GitHub had the amazing opportunity to host the first CoderDojo session in the United States. I can happily say it was one of the coolest things I’ve had…

GitHub is all about social coding. So today we’re rolling out a blob contributions box. You can see it on every blob (file) view on GitHub. It’ll show you the…

Since we couldn’t get enough of Miami during PyCodeConf, Zach and I will be back this weekend for SuperConf. We’re having a GitHub Drinkup on Friday at Lost Weekend and…

It’s that time of year when Microsoft invites a gaggle of geeks to the Seattle area for its Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit. So what better excuse to host a…

Update: We’ve discontinued this app. We’re proud to announce that Gaug.es for Android is now available in the Android Market! The app provides a quick overview of your traffic, top…

Today, we’re rolling out a new feature that makes Pull Requests easier to create: After pushing a branch to GitHub, you (and only you) will see that branch at the…

Today we pushed a redesigned feature that highlights language statistics on repository home pages, allowing you to quickly see what languages a repository contains. It’s a great way to get…

Today we pushed a redesigned settings page that will make it easier to find and edit settings for your personal account as well as any organizations you own. The major…