GitHub for Beginners: Security best practices with GitHub Copilot
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Introducing sub-issues: Enhancing issue management on GitHub
Explore the iterative development journey of GitHub’s sub-issues feature. Learn how we leveraged sub-issues to build and refine sub-issues, breaking down larger tasks into smaller, manageable ones.
What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it?
Everyone’s talking about MCP these days when it comes to large language models (LLMs)—here’s what you need to know.
How we’re making security easier for the average developer
Security should be native to your workflow, not a painful separate process.
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How to request a change to a CVE record
Learn how to identify which CVE Numbering Authority is responsible for the record, how to contact them, and what to include with your suggestion.
Found means fixed: Reduce security debt at scale with GitHub security campaigns
Starting today, security campaigns are generally available for all GitHub Advanced Security and GitHub Code Security customers—helping organizations take control of their security debt and manage risk by unlocking collaboration between developers and security teams.
Git turns 20: A Q&A with Linus Torvalds
To celebrate two decades of Git, we sat down with Linus Torvalds—the creator of Git and Linux—to discuss how it forever changed software development.
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Vibe coding with GitHub Copilot: Agent mode and MCP support rolling out to all VS Code users
In celebration of MSFT’s 50th anniversary, we’re rolling out Agent Mode with MCP support to all VS Code users. We are also announcing the new GitHub Copilot Pro+ plan w/ premium requests, the general availability of models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, next edit suggestions for code completions & the Copilot code review agent.
What the heck is MCP and why is everyone talking about it?
Everyone’s talking about MCP these days when it comes to large language models (LLMs)—here’s what you need to know.
GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens
Introducing agent mode for GitHub Copilot in VS Code, announcing the general availability of Copilot Edits, and providing a first look at our SWE agent.
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How engineers can use one-on-ones with their manager to accelerate career growth
Go beyond status updates and use these meetings to surface challenges, solve problems, and drive impact.
IssueOps: Automate CI/CD (and more!) with GitHub Issues and Actions
A look into building IssueOps workflows on GitHub to do everything from CI/CD to handling approvals and more.
Finding leaked passwords with AI: How we built Copilot secret scanning
Passwords are notoriously difficult to detect with conventional programming approaches. AI can help us find passwords better because it understands context. This blog post will explore the technical challenges we faced with building the feature and the novel and creative ways we solved them.
How to debug code with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot can streamline your debugging process by troubleshooting in your IDE, analyzing pull requests, and more, helping you tackle issues faster and more robustly.
How GitHub uses CodeQL to secure GitHub
How GitHub’s Product Security Engineering team manages our CodeQL implementation at scale and how you can, too.
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Two decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds
Twenty years ago, Linus Torvalds created the basis for Git in just 10 days, forever changing how developers collaborate on code. In this candid interview, Linus Torvalds discusses Git’s unexpected journey.
Using GitHub Copilot Free: What to know
Find out what you can do with the free tier of GitHub Copilot, the AI editor for everyone, and start building what’s next today.
Octoverse 2024: The rise of Python and AI
Find out how AI and a rapidly growing global developer community defined this past year on GitHub across public and open source projects.
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GitHub Availability Report: February 2025
In February, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
Engaging with the developer community on our approach to content moderation
We share the full year 2024 data update on our Transparency Center and highlight how developers can engage with us on our site policies and content moderation.
GitHub Availability Report: January 2025
In January, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
That’s a wrap: GitHub Innovation Graph in 2024
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q2 & Q3 2024 data for the Innovation Graph.
Seven years of open source: A more secure and diverse ecosystem
Explore insights into open source community growth, innovation, and inclusivity with an updated survey dataset.
GitHub Availability Report: December 2024
In December, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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