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With GitHub Desktop open, you can drag and drop repositories from within the file manager to automatically add them to your Git repository, or you can clone a repository from your GitHub account ...
The one thing GitHub Desktop cannot do (within the app itself) is open pull requests. When you go to open a pull request, it will open your default browser to the pull request action in your ...
GitHub Desktop setup. The GitHub Desktop app download and setup process is straightforward. It's a 77 MB download, and the .exe file will install quickly into the C:\Program Files folder. A GitHub ...
Once you've launched GitHub Desktop, either sign in to your GitHub account or create one. I've long had a GitHub account for other projects, so I just signed in. How to create a GitHub repository ...
With GitHub Desktop 1.5, the app will list the files with conflicts, open your preferred editor to fix them, and let you know when everything is ready to merge. Here’s a GIF showing how it works ...
To find and use a GitHub URL, follow these steps: On the GitHub website, click on your repository of interest. Locate the green button named Code and click on it. The GitHub URL will appear. Copy the ...
Microsoft-owned GitHub announced GitHub Desktop 3.0, noting that it provides better integration for developer pull requests (PRs). GitHub Desktop, for the unfamiliar, is described as an open source ...
Threat actors stole encrypted code-signing certificates for GitHub’s Desktop and Atom applications in December 2022, prompting warnings for users.
On January 4, GitHub published a new version of the Desktop app that’s signed with new certificates that were not exposed to the threat actor. Users of Desktop should update to this new version.
GitHub this week released its Octoverse 2022 report, highlighting statistics, insights and evolutions across the open-source community. Skip to main content Events Video Special Issues Jobs ...