Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here's GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Taylor Blau
January 24, 2022
Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here's our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Michelle Mannering
January 21, 2022
Open source creates value, but how do you measure it?
When digital infrastructure is overlooked by governments, it isn't just a missed opportunity: policies may inadvertently endanger open source collaboration.
Peter Cihon
January 20, 2022
Reducing security risk in open source software with GitHub Actions and OpenSSF Scorecards V4
We’re excited to announce the V4 release of the OpenSSF’s Scorecard project in partnership with Google.
Jose Palafox
January 19, 2022
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.
Nicole Numrich
January 18, 2022
Latest posts
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻
Lee Reilly
January 13, 2022
How five open source communities are using GitHub Discussions
From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.
Evi Liu
January 13, 2022
The Open Source Software Security Summit: securing the world’s code together
My colleague Stormy Peters and I are proud to represent GitHub at the White House’s Open Source Software Security Summit.
Mike Hanley
January 13, 2022
How we ship GitHub Mobile every week
Learn how the GitHub Mobile Team automates their release process with GitHub Actions.
Taehun Kim
January 12, 2022
Engineering
Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here's GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Taylor Blau
January 24, 2022
How we ship GitHub Mobile every week
Learn how the GitHub Mobile Team automates their release process with GitHub Actions.
GitHub Availability Report: December 2021
In December, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.
Technical interviews via Codespaces
Codespaces is a great tool for technical hiring exercises and helps level the playing field for candidates.
Community
Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here's our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Michelle Mannering
January 21, 2022
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻
How five open source communities are using GitHub Discussions
From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.
Trending stories
Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here's GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Top-rated entries from Game Off 2021
Here are the top games created in our annual game jam as rated and reviewed by the developers that made them. Game On! 🤘🏻
How we ship GitHub Mobile every week
Learn how the GitHub Mobile Team automates their release process with GitHub Actions.
Introducing draft pull requests
You can now use draft pull requests to clearly tag when you’re coding a work in progress.
How to undo (almost) anything with Git
One of the most useful features of any version control system is the ability to "undo" your mistakes. In Git, "undo" can mean many slightly different things.
The npm registry is deprecating TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1
Beginning October 4, 2021, all connections to npm websites and the npm registry, including for package installation, must use TLS 1.2 or higher.
Product
How five open source communities are using GitHub Discussions
From answering questions about a new release to fielding feature requests, here’s how five open source communities use GitHub Discussions.
Evi Liu
January 13, 2022
Getting started with GitHub Actions just got easier!
When you want to create a workflow in the Actions tab of your repository, the recommendations are now based on an analysis of repo content.
A brief history of code search at GitHub
This blog post tells the story of why we built a new search engine optimized for code.
What’s new from GitHub Changelog? November 2021 recap
We shipped a ton of updates in November, from the push notification for PR review activities on the go, to an easy way to create Markdown links.
Precise code navigation for Python, and code navigation in pull requests
Code navigation is now available in PRs, and code navigation results for Python are now more precise.
Improving GitHub code search
Today, we are rolling out a technology preview for GitHub code search, the next iteration for search, discovery, and navigation on GitHub.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.3 is generally available
GitHub Enterprise Server is now generally available for all customers. This release improves performance for CI/CD and for customers with large repositories.
Security
Reducing security risk in open source software with GitHub Actions and OpenSSF Scorecards V4
We’re excited to announce the V4 release of the OpenSSF’s Scorecard project in partnership with Google.
Jose Palafox
January 19, 2022
The Open Source Software Security Summit: securing the world’s code together
My colleague Stormy Peters and I are proud to represent GitHub at the White House’s Open Source Software Security Summit.
How the community powers GitHub Advanced Security with CodeQL queries
The GitHub Security Lab’s CodeQL bounty program fuels GitHub Advanced Security with queries written by the open source community.
How to leverage security frameworks and libraries for secure code
In this post, I’ll discuss how to apply OWASP Proactive Control C2: Leverage security frameworks and libraries.
Using GitHub’s security features to help identify Log4j exposure in your codebase
Use GitHub’s security features to assess Apache Log4j exposure and, where possible, mitigate this vulnerability within your GitHub repositories.
How to define security requirements for your OSS project
Defining your security requirements is the most important proactive control you can implement for your project. Here's how.
GitHub’s response to Log4j vulnerability CVE-2021-44228
On Thursday, December 9, 2021, GitHub was made aware of a vulnerability in the Log4j logging framework, CVE-2021-44228.
Open Source
Highlights from Git 2.35
The open source Git project just released Git 2.35. Here's GitHub's look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time.
Taylor Blau
January 24, 2022
Release Radar · December 2021 Edition
Our community has been hard at work through December shipping updates. Here's our staff picks for open source projects with major version releases.
Michelle Mannering
January 21, 2022
Open source creates value, but how do you measure it?
When digital infrastructure is overlooked by governments, it isn't just a missed opportunity: policies may inadvertently endanger open source collaboration.
Peter Cihon
January 20, 2022
Reducing security risk in open source software with GitHub Actions and OpenSSF Scorecards V4
We’re excited to announce the V4 release of the OpenSSF’s Scorecard project in partnership with Google.
Jose Palafox
January 19, 2022
How open source is supporting NASA’s new eyes in space
With the successful liftoff of the James Webb Space Telescope, we ask our very own Arfon Smith about the history of open source and space science.
Nicole Numrich
January 18, 2022
Enterprise
GitHub Availability Report: December 2021
In December, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services.
GitHub Enterprise Server 3.3 is generally available
GitHub Enterprise Server is now generally available for all customers. This release improves performance for CI/CD and for customers with large repositories.
GitHub Availability Report: November 2021
In November, we experienced one incident resulting in significant impact and degraded state of availability for multiple services.
Education
GitHub Externships: enabling India’s next generation of developers
Are you a student in India? Applications are open for the GitHub Externships Winter Cohort!
In case you missed it, GitHub Education at Universe 2021!
A recap of all the GitHub Education news from Universe 2021, including the new Intro to Web Dev Experience.
Student developer resources you won’t find in the classroom
Heading back to school? Did you just graduate? The GitHub Education Stream Team (GEST) is sharing resources, tools, and more to help emerging developers land a job.
Policy
Open source creates value, but how do you measure it?
When digital infrastructure is overlooked by governments, it isn't just a missed opportunity: policies may inadvertently endanger open source collaboration.
How GitHub contributed to the Santa Clara Principles update
GitHub was honored to contribute to the Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation 2.0.
GitHub at the UN Internet Governance Forum
Last week, GitHub joined the Internet Governance Forum to spread awareness of developers’ initiatives and public policy interests.
Company
GitHub’s top 10 blog posts of 2021
As the year winds down, we're highlighting some of the incredible work from GitHub’s engineers, product teams, and security researchers.
The 2021 State of the Octoverse
The State of the Octoverse analyzes data from millions of developers & repos to share trends across working habits, productivity, and career satisfaction.
Building the next phase of GitHub, together
This morning, I shared the following post with Hubbers in response to Nat’s announcement about his next adventure. I am thrilled to take on the role of CEO to build the next phase of GitHub for our global community of software developers.