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GitHub Services IPO

No, we’re not listed on the NASDAQ (yet), but we are open-sourcing the code that handles our service integration with the likes of Twitter, Campfire, Lighthouse, etc.We realized there’s no…

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It’s a mirror

Looks like jakobo had some hard drive troubles this weekend. Ouch. Luckily, thanks to backups and GitHub, he didn’t lose much.I did a fresh install upgrade from Tiger to Leopard…

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GitHub’s RubyGem Server

Update regarding require, please read belowThe next time you visit your repository’s edit screen you’ll see a new checkbox that should be pretty exciting for users hosting their RubyGem project…

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One Million Events

GitHub hit a major milestone the other day, surpassing its millionth event. Events are those helpful things that show up in your dashboard, letting you know when someone makes a…

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Limits are coming…

It’s almost that time. If you’re seeing the message below, please head to your account page and either upgrade your plan or take the steps necessary to limit your usage…

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Repository Admin Tab

Repository collaborator permissions are coming very soon. You’ll be able to give someone read, write, or admin access to your repository. To prepare for that, we’ve added an “Admin” tab…

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When limits are enforced…

Some people are wondering what will happen to their private repositories next Thursday if they exceed their plan’s limit. Well, they’ll simply become inaccessible. You should clone and delete them…

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Commit Comments

In the past, maybe 100 years ago, I worked at a company where the diff of each commit was emailed to the developers. If anyone had a comment or question,…

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Service Integration

We heard you loud and clear that you wanted to integrate GitHub with your existing services without having to setup a custom post-receive service. Now, when you go to your…

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We Launched

GitHub is officially live. Thanks for the awesome beta everyone.While you can sign up or upgrade your account now, it’ll be one week (April 17th) before we start enforcing limits.…

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Git Tricks

Know how to add changes to a previous commit? Commit only part of a changed file? Change the message of a commit 30 commits ago?If not, check out Ryan Tomayko’s…

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Pushing and Pulling

Eric Goodwin has posted a short tutorial entitled Pushing and Pulling Branches on GitHub. It’s a must read if you’re interested in sharing work with your peers on a branch…

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Get Some Shoes

Last summer, before GitHub, I spent a lot of time playing with Shoes. Ruby has always been lacking in the GUI department and Shoes is a really smart, innovative, cross-platform…

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