Data from private and deleted forks can be easily retrieved and directly accessed if a rogue third party knows the SHA-1 hash related to a commit. Every single commit saved on GitHub database ...

The commit itself was flagged as apparently being made by user Nat—aka Nat Friedman, the current CEO of GitHub. Much like the content of the commit, this is misleading—Git itself, the source ...

The ability to manipulate the repository’s commit history and clean up Git is one of the most advanced features of the Git tool, and it should be used sparingly. Developers need to always take care ...

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 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.

Use Git to clone the GitHub repo locally. Copy your project files into the folder created by the clone. Perform a git add . and a git commit. Push your changes up to GitHub. Copy and push benefits and ...

No one considers the 20-year-old SHA-1 hash function secure, and browser makers are well on the way to phasing it out. But until yesterday's revelation by researchers at Google and CWI Amsterdam ...

Linus Torvalds keeps a copy of his Linux kernel project on GitHub, the wildly popular code-hosting website. But there's a caveat. If you try to send him a patch or a bug-fix via GitHub, he'll tell ...