A new version of Git LFS, the open source Git extension for versioning large files, is now available. Git LFS v2.4.0 comes with a rewrite of the underlying pattern matching engine, an enhanced API, standardized progress meter formatting, bug fixes, and more. Download Git LFS v2.4.0 A new filepath-filter With v2.4.0, you’ll get a complete reimplementation...

For almost two years you’ve been able to use saved replies to quickly respond to multiple issues and pull requests. Now saved replies have keyboard shortcuts to make them even easier to use. To activate your saved replies press Ctrl . when composing or replying to an issue or pull request. Select the saved reply of your choice with a number,...

Whether you’re a team of one or 100 developers, knowing how people use your GitHub Marketplace app can help you create an even better user experience. Now it’s easier to get insight into your app’s performance with new data views and visualizations. With these new metrics, you can see how many people visited your app’s landing page, track the impact...

The file finder makes it easy to review pull requests and understand how changes impact your code. Now PHP developers can navigate to changed methods and functions right in their pull requests, too. Searching the file finder for the term function or the name of a changed function in a PHP file will provide you with a filtered view of the results,...

A fresh release of our Electron app is ready for your desktop. GitHub Desktop 1.1 builds on last year’s Electron relaunch with new features and enhancements that help you bring even more GitHub workflows to your desktop. Download now Pull request list The branch selector now displays open pull requests alongside the branches for the current...

Development teams often use Slack to coordinate work together on GitHub projects–ourselves included—but following all of your team’s GitHub activity in Slack channels can get difficult as teams grow. To make it easier, we’ve partnered with Slack to bring you a new GitHub and Slack app. Together, GitHub and Slack are your ultimate productivity pair,...