Hosting service for software projects using the Git revision control system.
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Strikethrough with GitHub Markdown
Using HTML tags is supposed to work with GitHub Markdown, but in particular <s>text</s> is not working for me. It works on live preview page (which is now deprecated) but not on preview of ...
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How do I force GitHub Enterprise to refresh gravatar?
I updated the gravatar for my e-mail address (a few days ago), but GitHub Enterprise is still displaying the old one. How do I force it to refresh?
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Is it possible to use juvia with github pages?
I have just created a new personal blog using GitHub's user pagers. I would like to enable comments using juvia (I do not wish to use services like disqus).
The last step in the installation ...
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Where can I find my applications in LinkedIn profile
In my LinkedIn profile, I am trying to add GitHub application. When I tried, LinkedIn is showing Error
You have reached the limit of applications on your homepage, please remove an application ...
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How to output raw code in github's wiki?
I want to explain my wiki users how to use internal links. However, when I write [[Linktext|Link to an internal site]] with two `` (code dashes) around them, it gets displayed as a link, but ...
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Why doesnt github update my contributions section when i commit?
I made 3-4 commits on a single day to my repo using the Mac client for Github but the contributions section on my profile page doesnt update itself with changes in varying shades of green.
Why does ...
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Applying filters to advanced compare view with Github
I'm using the Github compare view on branches (Here's an example, the repo I'm looking at is private: https://github.com/wycats/handlebars.js/compare/master...commandline )
Is there any way to add ...
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special characters in github-markdown code blocks
Markdown automatically escapes ampersands and angle brackets within a code block, so how is it possible to use special characters that require escaping for example: λ.
I know that one solution ...
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How do I delete entries from my GitHub Activity Feed?
I prefer my Activity Feed to contain only project-relevant actions (e.g., commits). I recently found my feed polluted with my issue comments. How can I remove specific entries from my GitHub Activity ...
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Internationalization of the GitHub wiki or GitHub Pages?
My project's wiki documentation is on Google Code, but unfortunately on Google Code every new contributor has to be validated by me beforehand, which is a pain. So I am considering switching to the ...
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Github - newsfeed functionality to watch commits made to followed repositories?
GitHub allows users to "watch" and "star" repositories. But neither of these buttons gives me an option to follow pushes to these repos that would appear in my news feed - GitHub homepage when I'm ...
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Date of first commit
Given a GitHub repo, how can I quickly find the date of its first commit?
I often want to know how old the project is, but I cannot find a quick way to get to the start of the commit histories for ...
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Embedding simple block diagrams in GitHub wiki
I'd like to add some simple block diagrams to my GitHub wiki. Is there any way to do this without embedding images?
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How do I get an overview of recent activity for a GitHub repository?
For many GitHub repositories, there is a lot of activity going on per day. It would be nice to have an overview of all recent activity going on in the GitHub repository. Is there such a feature ...
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Automatically watch all GitHub repos forked from my original
A lot of people are forking my GitHub repo and I would like to be able to see what new features they may be working on without having to manually visit each fork to watch.
How to automatically watch ...
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Licensing under GPLv3 [migrated]
I am in charge of a project on github that has files that are and are not code based. Specifically, I am worried about our solidworks files. How do I ensure these files are covered by the GPLv3 ...
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Github: new/fixed issues statistics?
JIRA has graphs showing the evolution of created/closed issues:
Does Github have the same kind of graph?
If not, is it available on a third-party website, or generatable via a script?
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Stop receiving Github notifications
I starred the JNA project a while ago. I unstarred it recently. For some reason I get notifications (on my account page and via email). I'm not sure why I started getting issue notifications since I ...
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Publishing more than one site on GitHub Pages
I have a setup where tshepang.github.com redirects to tshepang.net, and have set up my A record to point to 204.232.175.78 (as explained). It works well.
Now, I want to have a subdomain, so I can ...
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Can I include Retina images in GitHub files?
Is it currently possible to specify a Retina image with the current GitHub-flavoured Markdown? Or an image size, which would let standard resolution devices scale the resource?
It's not a big deal, ...
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Can I associate a github gist with an organization?
My team has a GitHub organization account. A lot of the work I do results in one-off scripts that we want to be able to have on our organization page, but that aren't big enough projects to justify ...
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1answer
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Github choose who can create issues on a public repository
I have a public repository on Github and I like using the issue tracking system to keep track of bugs, tasks, milestones etc. but I don't want just anyone to be able to create issues.
Is there any ...
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How to delete a file and folder from github.com repository using github.com's web interface?
How to delete a file and folder from github.com repository using github.com's web interface? I searched on Google but haven't found any answer.
I have found about how to do using commands
but I ...
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When I'm looking at a commit on GitHub, how can I tell what branch it's associated with?
If I'm loking at a commit on GitHub (for example), how can I tell what branch that commit is associated with?
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How do you update a GitHub repo fork in the web interface?
I have a Github repository that I forked from some other project several months ago. It is now several months later and the original master repo has changed. I would like to update my repo to reflect ...
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setting A name records for Github pages
I'm trying to set up a custom domain on Github Pages, but I don't think I'm doing something correctly.
As indicated in these instructions ...
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How can I list people who have starred my GitHub repository?
I'm curious as to who has starred a GitHub repo of mine, so I'd like a list of users who have starred it. Is this possible to get?
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Create a folder in GitHub via the web interface
I want to add a new folder to my newly created GitHub repository without installing the windows setup. Is it possible to do so? I have gone through help which is saying to execute some commands to ...
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Sort GitHub issues by priority (or by labels)
I maintain projects with hundreds/thousands of issues, and find it impossible to switch to GitHub, because GitHub's issue tracking does not allow sorting.
As a workaround, I use custom labels to set ...
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GitHub account is not visible in LinkedIn [closed]
In my LinkedIn account, I added the GitHub account application. But it is not visible in my profile, even though I added it three times and checked again and again.
How do I make it visible in my ...
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Find all my github repositories that are forks
I have a lot of repositories on our github account.
I would like to easily find and track repositories that were originally forked, to avoid drifting and remember to send PRs upstream on a regular ...
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1answer
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Merge commit from different fork of the same repo in GitHub
How can I apply pull request that was made for a parent repository of my fork into codebar of my fork. Not sure anyone can understand this question :), I'll try to explain with an an example.
There ...
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How can I use google analytics to see who is viewing my github projects? [duplicate]
Is it possible to use Google Analytics to track traffic to projects on github?
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Embed image to Github Markdown doesn't work [closed]
I have a private repo and tried to embed image
It's driving me insane that I can display Github logo just ...
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Github “Network” page: How to center on last commit (not just last commit to master)
I use Github's "Network" page a lot:
https://github.com/nicolas-raoul/Anki-Android/network
Unfortunately it centers on the latest commit to master, and we do most of the work in branches, so the ...
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Is there a way to edit code directly on github using ssh?
I know I can log in to github and edit code directly on the site, without cloning the repository.
Is there a way to do something similar via ssh, so that I can edit files using just a console?
...
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Github as an Online External Storage
Does Github serves as an online external drive? How much available space storage if so?
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Force GitHub syntax highlighting language on source files
I have some C++ source files in a GitHub repo which have an extension of .C and are using C syntax highlighting, which I don't want.
How can I set GitHub to apply C++ syntax highlighting to these ...
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Using github markdown image tag but image is not displaying inline
I have a README.md in my github repo and I have an image tag in it that looks like this -
And I can confirm that I have a ...
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Markdown to insert and display an image on GitHub repo
According to the GitHub documentation, the Markdown syntax for inserting an image is:
Format: 
Following their example syntax, I can't seem to be ...
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View estimated size of GitHub repository before cloning
I want to view the total repo size of a project hosted on GitHub without having to clone it. Sometimes I do this:
Start cloning some GitHub repository
Receiving objects: 45% (218/476), 5.50 MiB ...
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An If-This-Than-That like service fire an HTTP requres triggered by Github Gists
I'm trying to fire a webhook(HTTP request) from Zapier(An If This Then That like service) when a new Github gist is posted, ie have a new gist as the trigger.
Zapier has GitHub integration, and ...
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Pushing a commit to github with “closes #XXX” does not close the issue
The only thing I can think of is that the commit was in a branch other than master. Does GitHub only watch the master branch for issue tags in commits?
The issue also doesn't have the commit attached ...
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Can I +1 on GitHub without leaving a comment?
On Google Code I can show my support for an issue by starring it (I prefer not to add a comment saying "me too!"). On GitHub I can follow an issue (receive notifications on updates and comments), but ...
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Is there any way to see traffic sources to a Github project?
A lot of people just starred one of my Github projects overnight (yay!). Is there any way for me to figure out where this influx of traffic came from? Does Github provide any kind of analytics?
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Why is github not used like dropbox, for sharing video and audio?
I have seen people talking about Github as a repository for source code and I myself use Github for distributed version control, but one thing I didn't understand is why don't people use it for ...
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Is there an alternative to using .htaccess to password protect subdirectories in GitHub Pages?
I understand that .htaccess is not supported by GitHub Pages. I wonder if there is an alternative for password-protecting particular directories for websites hosted by GitHub Pages.
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How can I copy in or include other GitHub users to an issue?
When I create a new GitHub Issue, I can assign a user. Then both myself and this user will then become participants in the Issue and receive updates.
I sometimes want other users to also receive ...
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Embedding a specific revision of a Gist on GitHub.com via JavaScript
gist.github.com has a great feature where you can embed the current version of a file in a blog via a <script/> tag.
However, I can't seem to embed an older revision, or the current atomic ...
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Filtering issues without certain tag on Github
Does the current Github issue search engine provide any way for users to search for reports without certain tag?
Classical use-case would be having a granular grouping such as [bug], [enhancement], ...
