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on Jun. 27, 2022
The open source Git project just released Git 2.37, with features and bug fixes from over 75 contributors, 20 of them new. We last caught up with you on the latest in Git back when 2.36 was released. To celebrate this most recent release, here’s GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting feature…
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on Jun. 15, 2022
Prebuilding codespaces is generally available We’re excited to announce that the ability to prebuild codespaces is now generally available. As a quick recap, a prebuilt codespace serves as a “ready-to-go” template where your source code, editor extensions, project dependencies, commands, and config…
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on Jun. 14, 2022
Dark mode is no longer a nice-to-have feature. It’s an expectation. Yet, for many teams, implementing dark mode is still a daunting task. Creating a palette for dark interfaces is not as simple as inverting colors and complexity increases if your team is planning multiple themes. Many people find…
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on Jun. 10, 2022
At GitHub, we believe it’s not fully shipped until it’s fast. JavaScript makes a big impact on how pages perform. One way we work to improve JavaScript performance is to make changes to the native syntax and polyfills we ship. For example, in January of this year, we updated our compiler to output…
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on Jun. 8, 2022
When we formally introduced Atom in 2014, we set out to give developers a text editor that was deeply customizable but also easy to use—one that made it possible for more people to build software. While that goal of growing the software creator community remains, we’ve decided to retire Atom in ord…
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on Jun. 7, 2022
If you’re like me, you’re still excited by last week’s news that Dependabot is generally available on GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES). Developers using GHES can now let Dependabot secure their dependencies and keep them up-to-date. You know who would have loved that? Me at my last job. Before joini…