Importing a subversion repository into git, while not overly difficult, can definitely be streamlined, especially when your goal is to host it on GitHub. There is now a link on the ‘Next Steps’ page after you’ve created your repository that’ll let you import your hosted subversion repository. All you need is your svn repo’s url and we’ll take care of the rest. Check out the screencast below to watch the magic happen (turn up your ...

We just rolled out a new feature that allows you to activate an auto-response to any pull requests you receive. Here’s a few use cases that make this a pretty cool feature: You use an external service to manage tickets and patches, so you setup an auto-responder that’ll PM the requester with the pertinent information (ideally, with a link). You’re going on vacation for a couple of weeks and just want to let any requesters ...

GitHub was created as a side project, but it seems to have struck a nerve and gained traction quickly. As such, a lot of the infrastructure decisions were made not figuring on this sort of growth: One of the major pieces of the infrastructure is how we store the repositories. The way it was originally setup worked great for a while, but it wasn’t sustainable. As an example, lets take my github-services repository. Here’s where ...