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How to Git Branch Checkout a Remote Branch

Last Update: Jul 18, 2022

If you are new to Git, understanding how Git commands work is really important. And one of the most important tasks is using git checkout remote branch. The git checkout command allows you to collaborate with your peers or teammates in a way that allows everyone in the team to work on their specific branch…

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How to Combine Branches with Git Merge

Last Update: Jul 11, 2022

If you’re using Git for source code management, you may need to merge different development branches for a project into a single branch. This article will guide you on how to combine two development branches with the Git merge command. We’ll be showing you how to create a Git project, create different branches, and merge…

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GitHub Copilot AI Coding Assistant Launches with a $10/Month Subscription Fee

GitHub has announced that its Copilot AI coding assistance tool is now generally available for all developers. GitHub Copilot launched in technical preview in June 2021, and it’s designed to help software developers write code faster through autocompletion. With GitHub Copilot, software developers can use inline comments within their editor to get code suggestions for…

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GitHub for Windows – Branches, Pull Requests, and Conflicts

Last Update: Jun 17, 2022

In this article about GitHub for Windows, learn how to add branches to GitHub repos, create pull requests and deal with merge conflicts.

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GitHub to Discontinue Atom Text Editor on December 15

Microsoft-owned GitHub is getting ready to retire Atom, an open-source text editor that debuted in 2011. The company detailed in a blog post that it’s planning to archive the Atom repository and all other relevant repositories on December 15, 2022, in favor of the new Visual Studio Code. For those unfamiliar, Atom is a cross-platform…

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What is a DevOps Pipeline?

DevOps Pipelines help you to deliver new features in your apps fast! In this article, I will explain what DevOps pipelines are, phases in a pipeline, and the different components. I’ll also cover what you need to understand before building a DevOps pipeline of your own, along with the build process. DevOps has revolutionized the contemporary IT…

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Build 2022: GitHub Copilot will be Free for Open Source Contributors & Students This Summer

GitHub Copilot, an AI-powered coding assistant that launched in preview last year, will become generally available for all developers this summer. Microsoft has announced that the service will be free for Build 2022 attendees, students, and verified open-source contributors. GitHub Copilot is a pair programming tool developed by Microsoft-owned GitHub in collaboration with OpenAI. The…

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GitHub to Require All Code Contributors to Enable 2FA by Late 2023

Microsoft is planning to make some changes to the existing authentication policies on its GitHub platform. The company has announced that it will require all developers contributing code to the service to enroll in at least one form of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. GitHub is a popular cloud-based service that allows…

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Git for Sysadmins – Using POSH-GIT

Last Update: Mar 30, 2022

Apart from the amusing name, POSH-GIT is a PowerShell module for GitHub supplied as part of Git for Windows. In this Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to use Git source control via this PowerShell module.

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GitHub Rolls Out New AI-Powered Code Scanning Security Alerts

GitHub is getting new AI-powered code scanning analysis capabilities that should enable developers to identify the most common security flaws in their code. The company has launched this new experimental security feature in public beta for all GitHub users, and it supports JavaScript and TypeScript repositories. With this new code scanning analysis tool, developers can…

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