Hosting service for software projects using the Git revision control system.
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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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Count of number of users who have downloaded/viewed a GitHub repo
Is there a way within GitHub to see at the very least the overall number of users who have either seen or downloaded a repository?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Caching assets in Github pages (github.io)
Is it possible to cache assets in github pages?
I'm wondering If I should consider moving my webapp from my personal server to github pages and the only thing that's stopping me so far is this.
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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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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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Github redirects me to 'Sign out of GiHub' when I delete my account
I followed the delete account instruction on Github, and when I do the 'delete account' action, Github always redirects me to a sign out page.
Sign out of GitHub?
You can always sign back in at any ...
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Are GitHub sources parsed by Search Engines?
I used Github search which is good though sometimes I like to use Google's parameters for better search handling of what I want.
site:github.com foreach
Unfortunately for the first few pages, I am ...
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Set default organization view when logging in to GitHub
If I am a part of multiple GitHub organizations, how can I set which GitHub organization I view by default when logging in?
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Determine repo LICENSE canonically
GitHub's free repositories are for open source software. Is there a canonical way in Github user interface to identify what OSS license a project is under?
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Mirroring an external Git repository to GitHub?
If one has a Git repo situated somewhere else, is it possible (is there a feature in GitHub interface free/paid plans) to hold a reference at GitHub without the need to constantly push it?
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File size and storage limits on Github
From an answer given at Is there a limit in the number of GitHub organizations a single account can create?, it seems that
if you don't see a hard limit published, you'll have to consider 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 ...