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 purpose of the .gitkeep file is to solve problem of Git not pushing empty folders to remote DVCS repos like GitHub or GitLab. To get Git to recognize an empty directory, the unwritten rule is to ...

GitHub is the host with the most for open-source projects and programmers who want to share and collaborate on code. Here’s why. GitHub is at heart a Git repository hosting service, i.e. a cloud ...

Adhere to the 72-character limit. Another rule about how to write a git commit message properly is to limit the body width to 72 characters. Now, this doesn't mean you must set your text editor to ...

The latest version of Linus Torvalds' Git version-control system brings experimental support for the SHA-256 cryptographic hash, moving it away from its reliance on the less safe SHA-1.