GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud-based source code management or version control system, but that’s just the beginning.

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 ...

GitHub is being acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. But what is GitHub, and why should you be interested? We give you the answer.

GitHub renamed the master branch to main for any Git repository, as it addresses cultural change like so many organizations that have nixed master-slave terminology in a time of social unrest.

Before we start, note that these GitHub interview questions and answers focus solely on the features that the cloud-based GitHub service provides and not the Git tool independently or Git-and-GitHub ...

If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack Wallen believes the GitHub Desktop app is the perfect tool for the job.

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting an arbitrary code execution ...

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning over active exploitation of a ...

All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named "main" instead of "master" starting October 1, 2020.

GitHub is working on replacing the term "master" on its service with a neutral term like "main" to avoid any unnecessary references to slavery, its CEO said on Friday.