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GitHub has published its annual Octoverse report for 2020. The code hosting platform currently serves more than 56 million developers … Continue reading GitHub’s 2020 State of the Octoverse Report Highlights: Developers are Working More Hours but Turning to Open Source Projects for Creative Outlets →

GitHub Universe, the company’s annual marquee product and community event, took place this week, bringing users a flurry of new … Continue reading GitHub Introduces Darkmode, Discussions for Public Repositories, and Dependency Review →

In August, GitHub announced that it would change the “master” branch name for all new repositories created on the platform … Continue reading GitHub to Use ‘Main’ Instead of ‘Master’ as the Default Branch on All New Repositories Starting Next Month →

In response to recent events, where American police officers have been charged with murder for the deaths of George Floyd … Continue reading Packagist, GitLab, and GitHubUpdater Plugin Work to Improve Support for Alternative Default Branch Names →

Yesterday, GitHub added a new setting to user-owned repositories called “Account Successors.” It allows users to designate repository access to … Continue reading GitHub Adds Account Successors Feature →

On Tuesday, GitHub announced a change to its plans that would make collaboration between developers much cheaper. Free, in fact. … Continue reading GitHub Opens Free Plan to Unlimited Collaborators on Private Repositories →

GitHub announced yesterday that it had acquired the popular JavaScript package service npm for an undisclosed amount. npm, Inc. was … Continue reading GitHub Acquires npm, Plans to Improve Infrastructure and Experience →

10up announced the public availability of two GitHub Actions geared toward WordPress plugin developers yesterday. The first Action allows developers … Continue reading 10up Releases GitHub Actions for Simplifying WordPress Plugin Deployment →

PHP developers everywhere can rejoice as GitHub adds the long-awaited dependency graphs feature for PHP repositories that use Composer. The … Continue reading GitHub Adds Dependency Graphs, Security Alerts for PHP Repos →

GitHub has launched a new Sponsors tool that allows open source developer to receive financial support. The program is rolling … Continue reading New GitHub Sponsors Tool Draws Concerns from Open Source Community →

rtCamp, a 60+ person agency and WordPress.com VIP service partner, has released three new GitHub Actions that handle automated code … Continue reading rtCamp Releases GitHub Actions for Automated Code Review, Deploying WordPress, and Slack Notifications →