Topic: github
GitHub launches new code search and code view
GitHub released its new code search and code view to enable developers to quickly search, navigate and understand their code, and put critical information into context. The new code search engine has been remodeled to be two times faster than the old one and has more capabilities such as supporting substring queries, regular expressions, and … continue reading
GitHub Copilot X brings chat functionality to improve coding experience
GitHub announced a major upgrade to Copilot, its AI-assisted development tool. Now in public preview, GitHub Copilot X utilizes the new GPT-4 model, adds chat and voice capabilities, and brings Copilot to the command line, pull requests, and docs. “With AI available at every step, we can fundamentally redefine developer productivity. We are reducing boilerplate … continue reading
Git 2.40 released with improvements to git jump tool and more
Among the many improvements in the new version, Git 2.40’s git jump tool which wraps other Git commands like git grep, and feeds their results into Vim’s quickfix list now contains support for Emacs in addition to Vim. ‘git jump’ now works with ‘diff’ in which the quickfix list is populated with the beginning of … continue reading
GitHub announces new Copilot capabilities and Codespaces general availability
GitHub announced several new products designed to accelerate the company’s push into major enterprises. GitHub Copilot will soon bring its AI-pair programmer to businesses with added admin controls and the ability to manage licenses. Copilot uses OpenAI Codex to suggest code and functions in real time right in the editor. “Hey GitHub” also makes Copilot … continue reading
Octopus Deploy introduces new integrations with GitHub Actions
The deployment automation company Octopus Deploy today announced the general availability of GitHub Actions for Octopus Deploy v2. This update is intended to support the company’s deployment automation for GitHub Action workflows. With this users gain the ability to incorporate build information into deployment pipelines with GitHub’s introduction of a new push-build-information-action. This lets users … continue reading
GitHub adds math support in Markdown
Today, GitHub announced that math expressions can now be rendered in Markdown on GitHub using “$$” as a delimiter for code blocks with math content or the “$” delimiter for inline math expressions. According to GitHub, mathematical expressions have become essential to information sharing amongst engineers, scientists, data scientists, and mathematicians. Support for displaying math … continue reading
GitHub enhances Codespaces with improved experience for working with multi-repository projects
GitHub announced new improvements that streamline the Codespaces experience when working with multi-repository and mono-repo projects. GitHub initially released Codespaces to address cloud-native applications that are housed in a single repository: the most common type of project on GitHub. For those that are developing a feature that spans many different types of services, GitHub added … continue reading
GitHub’s Dependabot alerts now surface if code calls a vulnerability
GitHub announced a new feature for Dependabot alerts that helps developers see how vulnerabilities affect their code. Dependabot alerts use GitHub’s precise code navigation engine to determine if a repository directly calls a vulnerable function. The new feature marks a shift in how GitHub curates information on vulnerable packages from the Advisory Database to curating … continue reading
GitHub announces updates to Discussions
GitHub recently announced new features being added to GitHub Discussions in order to help users communicate, collaborate, and connect with their teams about the software they are building. GitHub Discussions will now be supported at the organization level for open-source projects, enterprises, and development teams. This change comes after discovering that scoping discussions to individual … continue reading
GitHub Copilot now available in Visual Studio 2022
GitHub Copilot, which is a solution that uses AI to make code suggestions to developers, is now available in Visual Studio 2022. The solution first launched as a technical preview last June, and according to GitHub, Visual Studio 2022 was the most requested IDE by the community. The solution makes suggestions to developers as they … continue reading
GitLens 12 released with support for VS Code for the Web
Git tool provider GitKraken launched GitLens 12 with support for Visual Studio Code for the Web and github.dev. GitLens is an extension for Git that can be used in various IDEs, and according to the company, is the most downloaded Git extension for Visual Studio Code. In addition, premium features like Worktrees and Visual File … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Contrast Security announces partnership with GitHub; MariaDB to go public; Swift and C++ interoperability workgroup
Contrast Security has announced that it is entering into a partnership with GitHub. With this comes the availability of Contrast Security’s suite of GitHub Actions that simplifies the process for developers to deliver code with no security vulnerabilities. Contrast’s GitHub Actions include four features that work to embed security into existing value streams. These actions … continue reading
