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My IRC friends have been after me to use github for what seems like forever. I finally got around to building my very first github repository for an upcoming Ars article and I thought I'd share the ...

The world of technology and software development is ever-evolving. One tool that has consistently proven to be a linchpin in this world is GitHub. Often touted as the “Facebook for programmers,” ...

GitHub Issues allow you to track your development work and define tasks that must be completed. Find out exactly what they are and how to use them. Image: Sundry Photography/Adobe Stock GitHub is the ...

News briefs for January 8, 2019. GitHub's CEO Nat Friedman yesterday announced that free accounts now can create private repositories (previously only paid accounts could have private repositories).

Since its inception, the Git DVCS tool's default branch name was set to master. Every Git repository had a master branch unless a developer took explicit steps to remove it, which was rarely ever done ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to add a GitHub shortcut to a Jira project so you can view information about branches, commits and pull requests in Jira issues. Image: prima91/Adobe Stock When Jira is your ...

If you’re a GitHub user, but you don’t pay, this is a good week. Historically, GitHub always offered free accounts but the caveat was that your code had to be public. To get private repositories, you ...