GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code.

GitHub's secret scanning alerts are available on all public repositories, and its push protection is now offered for custom secret patterns.

GitHub announced on Monday that it expanded its code hosting platform's secrets scanning capabilities for GitHub Advanced Security customers to automatically block secret leaks.

The automatic GitHub authentication feature lets VS Code users clone, pull, and push to and from GitHub repositories without the need to configure a system's credential manager.

Microsoft just gave GitHub Copilot the power to create, modify, and submit code independently. Here's what this approach means for developers, workflows, and the future of programming careers.

GitHub has launched a powerful AI coding agent in Copilot that writes code, fixes bugs, and opens pull requests.

GitHub Chief Executive Thomas Dohmke said on Monday he will leave the Microsoft-owned code-hosting platform to launch a new ...