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Ack!

The GitHub Blog  Sep 17 09

I just wanted to let you all know that ack, a better grep (and one of my favorite tools), is now hosted on GitHub: http://github.com/petdance/ack

Watch the project and start wondering how you ever lived without it.

_ /| \'o.O' =(___)= U ack!

(And don’t forget ack.tmbundle, ack.vim, or ack.el while you’re at it.)

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GitHub Rebase #39

The GitHub Blog  2 days ago

Welcome to GitHub Rebase #39! Just remember, git rot is a unique two-part liquid epoxy that saturates and restores original strength to wood by penetrating the rot.

Pro Git Bloggin'

The GitHub Blog  Mar 10 10

Our very own international man of mystery Scott Chacon has been blogging some great blogs over at the Pro Git site recently:

Undoing Merges Smart HTTP Transport Rerere Your Boat (git-rerere) Git’s Little Bundle of Joy (git-bundle)

All great! And if you’re looking for more serious Git knowledge, check out the book.

PhpBB on GitHub

The GitHub Blog  Mar 09 10

The phpBB team recently completed a move from SVN to Git and are now hosting their repositories on GitHub!

I remember phpBB being one of my first experiences with online programming — trying to setup a forum for my now dead drumming site.

Tracking Deploys with Compare View

The GitHub Blog  Mar 09 10

We log a message to Campfire anytime someone deploys code to staging or production. It looks like this:

Recently, we added the link pointing to a Compare View where you can review the commits that were shipped out along with a full diff of changes:

This makes it really easy for everyone to keep tabs on what's being deployed and encourages on the fly code review.

GitHub Rebase #38

The GitHub Blog  Mar 08 10

Welcome to Rebase 38. Suggestions for projects to cover are always welcome, check out the criteria here.

NCSA Mosaic on GitHub

The GitHub Blog  Mar 08 10

This is just great: NCSA Mosaic on GitHub at http://github.com/alandipert/ncsa-mosaic.

This now joins the Quake source as one of my favorite old school projects.

GitHub Drinkup, Peninsula Edition

The GitHub Blog  Mar 05 10

It’s about time – the GitHub drinkup is moving to the peninsula! One week only, don’t miss out! If you’re a peninsula dweller like me, join me at CityPub in Redwood City at 8pm next Thursday, March 11.

Introducing GitHub Compare View

The GitHub Blog  Mar 01 10

Picking up where Kyle left off in his Branch List post, we're all very excited to announce a new feature designed to ease the process of comparing two points in a repository's history.

Branch Lists

The GitHub Blog  Mar 01 10

Git's branching model is one of it's best features. Branches are cheap, fast and extremely flexible.

GitHub Rebase #37

The GitHub Blog  Mar 01 10

According to git-checkout: “You can make changes and create a new commit on top of a detached HEAD”.



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