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GitHub Introduces Codespaces, Discussions, and Extends Security Features
At GitHub Satellite 2020, GitHub announced two new collaboration features: Codespaces, which provide a complete, ready-to-use dev environment within GitHub, and Discussions, aimed to enable the creation of knowledge bases in a threaded Q&A format. Additionally, vulnerability scanning is now integrated within GitHub's main interface, and secret scanning is extended to private repositories, too.
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Refactoring GitHub OctoKit JavaScript REST SDK for Maintainability and Modularization
GitHub engineer Gregor Martynus recently described his journey to refactor GitHub official REST JavaScript SDK, originally containing about 16 thousand lines of code across six files total, into a more maintainable and modular project.
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Git Becomes 15: Q&A with GitHub and GitLab
On April 7, 2005, exactly 15 years ago, Git reached a sufficient maturity state to be self-hosting, meaning Git itself could be used to commit a part of its code. InfoQ has taken the chance to talk about Git's significance with GitHub's distinguished software engineer Jeff King and GitLab's senior developer evangelist Brendan O'Leary.
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WebAssembly Used by Java-to-Web Compiler CheerpJ 2.0 to Port Java Applications to Browsers
LeaningTech recently released the second major iteration of CheerpJ. CheerpJ 2.0 may convert Java applications into a mix of HTML, WebAssembly and JavaScript, so that developers can run Java applications (including applets) in browsers or integrate Java libraries into web applications. CheerpJ 2.0 uses WebAssembly to improve runtime speed.
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GitHub Was down Multiple Times Last February: Here's Why
GitHub completed its internal investigation about what caused multiple service interruptions that affected its service last February for over eight hours. The root cause for this was a combination of unexpected database load variation and database configuration issues.
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Git 2.26 Makes Protocol Version 2 the Default
Introduced in Git 2.18, Git wire protocol version 2 is now used by default in Git's latest version, 2.26. Git 2.26 also improves configuration option handling and sparse-checkouts, among other things.
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GitHub to Acquire Npm in an Effort to Provide Continuity and Improvement
GitHub's CEO Nat Friedman has announced an agreement to buy npm, the default package manager for the Node.js ecosystem. Npm will remain free to use and will get the required investments to keep it fast and reliable, says Friedman, as well as more secure.
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Microsoft Releases Azure App Configuration to General Availability
Azure App Configuration is a new service on Microsoft's Cloud Platform, allowing developers to centralize their application configuration and feature settings in a secure and straightforward manner. In a recent Microsoft Azure update, the public cloud vendor announced the general availability of this service.
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GitHub Actions API Released into Public Beta
GitHub announced the release into public beta of their Actions API. The Actions API can be used to manage GitHub Actions via a REST API. Endpoints available within the API allow for managing artifacts, secrets, runners, and workflows.
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GitHub Releases ML-Based "Good First Issues" Recommendations
GitHub shipped an updated version of good first issues feature which uses a combination of both a machine learning (ML) model that identifies easy issues, and a hand curated list of issues that have been labeled "easy" by project maintainers. New and seasoned open source contributors can use this feature to find and tackle easy issues in a project.
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Algorithmia Adds GitHub Integration to Machine Learning Platform
Algorithmia, an AI model management automation platform for data scientists and machine learning (ML) engineers, now integrates with GitHub.
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New GitHub CLI Enables Working with Issues and PRs from the Command Line
GitHub has just beta-released GitHub CLI, an open-source tool that allows developers to work with issues and pull requests from the command line. Written in Go, GitHub CLI can be installed on Linux, macOS, and Windows.
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WKSctl: a Tool for Kubernetes Cluster Management Using GitOps
WKSctl is an open-source project to install, bootstrap, and manage Kubernetes clusters, including add-ons, through SSH. WKSctl is a provider of the Cluster API (CAPI) using the GitOps approach. Kubernetes cluster configuration is defined in YAML, and WKSctl applies the updates after every push in Git, allowing users to have repeatable clusters on-demand.
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Git 2.25 Improves Support for Sparse Checkout
Git maintainer Junio C Hamano announced the latest release of Git, version 2.25, including over 500 changes since 2.24. Most notably, Git 2.25 adds a new command to manage sparse checkouts, mostly useful with huge or monolithic repositories.
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GitHub Launches Mobile App, Notifications Beta, and Code Navigation Features
At this year's Universe Conference, GitHub made a number of announcements aimed at improving developer experience in the daily use of the platform, including a mobile client app and notification, as well as promoting workflow automation tools such as GitHub Actions and GitHub Packages to general availability.