Check out our latest Availability Report with updates on GitHub status over the past month.
https://github.blog/2021-04-07-github-availability-report-march-2021/
Gather feedback and build the community around your project by enabling Discussions on a new release. Want to check and comment on a release on-the-go? You're in luck! Available on GitHub Mobile too. Download for iOS or Android.
https://github.blog/changelog/2021-04-06-releases-support-comments-and-reactions-with-discussion-linking/
🙌🙌
GitHub Policy: Why developers won Google v. Oracle
https://github.blog/2021-04-06-supreme-court-sides-with-developers-in-google-v-oracle/
Re Sponsors also now supports custom sponsorship amounts, so you can fund projects above or below their standard tiers. New ways to support open source means more creativity for our communities. Watch this space 👀
Ever wanted to pair program with your favorite open source maintainer, or book a support session with a project you use? GitHub Sponsors now supports one-time payments – go invest in the open source economy today. ✨
https://github.com/sponsors/community
Announcing the Global Maintainer Summit: A virtual gathering for the maintainers that make open source possible. ❤️ Join us June 8-9.
https://github.blog/2021-04-06-announcing-the-global-maintainer-summit/
RT GitHub Enterprise
We've been around for awhile, but now we're making things (Twitter) official. Follow @GitHubEnt for news about GitHub Enterprise products and more.
We’re improving our access tokens so they’re more identifiable and more secure! 🔎 🔒 Here are the design decisions that made these changes possible.
https://github.blog/2021-04-05-behind-githubs-new-authentication-token-formats/
We updated our API rate limiting system to accommodate growing traffic and improve service reliability. Check out our latest engineering blog post for lessons learned along the way!
https://github.blog/2021-04-05-how-we-scaled-github-api-sharded-replicated-rate-limiter-redis/
Still trying to get the hang of Markdown? There's a cheatsheet that you can download and print for easy reference:
http://github.co/markdown
Meet Fedor Borshev - the newest member of the GitHub Stars Program ⭐! Fedor is a developer and CTO sharing his secrets for project management and teaching fast, high quality web development. Check it out!
https://stars.github.com/profiles/f213/
There are lots of GitHub-flavored markdown tricks, here are some of our favorites. 🔮
What are your top markdown hacks?
Quick tip - If you are editing in the web, Cmd+S / Ctrl+S will take you straight to the commit section and then press enter to commit your changes. No need to take your hands off the keyboard.
Angie @techgirl1908 Jones learned early on that her impact extends well beyond the four walls of any job. Case in point: She has 26 patents, is a Java Champion, and so much more. Find out how she does it.
https://github.com/readme/angie-jones
Cherry-picking is now available in GitHub Desktop 2.7! Easily copy commits from one branch to another via drag and drop.
https://github.blog/2021-03-30-github-desktop-now-supports-cherry-picking
Re 3/3 And with custom repository watch settings, you can now opt-in to the inbox notifications you want to receive. Just tap "watch" to customize. Download for iOS and Android
https://github.com/mobile
Re 2/3 Worried about getting too much noise on your phone? With Working Hours you can specify a set amount of time to pause notifications.
You asked, we listened! GitHub Mobile now supports more push notification types:
🔔 Direct Mentions
🔔 🆕 Assigned
🔔 🆕 Review Requested
🔔 🆕 Deployment Review
Download for iOS or Android.
https://github.co/3ftBqGi
Check out two new ways to ship secure applications with GitHub Advanced Security! 🔎 Secret scanning for private repos is now generally available, and we've released the beta of our new security overview for orgs and teams.
https://github.blog/2021-03-30-github-advanced-security-security-overview-beta-secret-scanning-private-repos/
Looking to build an inspiring and inclusive open source community? Gift @lauragift_ Egwuenu is all about the connections behind the contributions. See what's she's learned.
https://github.com/readme/gift-egwuenu
How people build software.
Need help? Send us a message at https://git.io/c for support.