GitHub Desktop is a tool that allows you to interact with GitHub from the desktop. With this new application, you can work easier without having to depend on your browser. GitHub Desktop supports: ...

How to get started with GitHub Desktop for a seamless Git workflow Your email has been sent If you need to work with GitHub, but don't have time to get up to speed with the git command line, Jack ...

Looking to expand its already considerable user base, GitHub has introduced a new desktop GUI client that streamlines many of the functions of the online code repository. The company is hoping that a ...

GitHub today announced a major update to its visual Git client, GitHub Desktop. Version 1.5 introduces a new way to resolve merge conflicts, which are inevitable when working on a project with a team.

Community driven content discussing all aspects of software development from DevOps to design patterns. The magic of Git and GitHub Desktop is that it hides much of the Git plumbing from the user, so ...

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Microsoft has taken a very hands-off approach with GitHub since its acquisition last year. It’s an approach that makes a lot of sense; Microsoft’s past relationship with the open source community hasn ...

GitHub Desktop 2.8 is now available for Windows and macOS. It improves diffs by allowing you to see more surrounding code and removing whitespace. You can also give repositories local aliases now too.

GitHub Desktop 2.0, an upgrade to the GitHub client for Windows and MacOS, adds support for rebasing and stashing to allow context switches and keeping a commit history clean, respectively. The goal ...

The Git Project announced yesterday a critical arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the Git command line client, Git Desktop, and Atom that could allow malicious repositories to remotely execute ...