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GitHub

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GitHub is a social network for programmers. Git is a distributed software management program created by Linus Torvalds, originally for the Linux Kernel Development. GitHub is a hosted Git repository. Github allows you to take part in collaboration by forking projects, sending and pulling requests, and monitoring development.

Recent Milestones

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  GitHub — GitHub Passes The 3 Million Developer Mark (1/16/13)
  Posted 1/16/13 at 6:44pm via techcrunch.com
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  GitHub received $100M in Series A funding. (7/9/12)
  Posted 7/9/12 at 1:12pm via allthingsd.com
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  GitHub added Danish Khan as Sales. (4/1/12)
  Posted 4/23/13 at 7:13am
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  GitHub added Julie Ann Horvath as Designer. (3/1/12)
  Posted 3/13/12 at 4:35am
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  GitHub added John Barnette as Developer. (1/1/12)
  Posted 4/25/12 at 8:50pm
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  GitHub acquired Ordered List. (12/5/11)
  Posted 1/10/12 at 2:11pm via github.com
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  GitHub added Jon Rohan as Front-End Developer. (12/5/11)
  Posted 12/6/11 at 11:07am
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  GitHub — GitHub Hits One Million Users (9/29/11)
  Posted 1/10/12 at 2:12pm via github.com
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  GitHub added Ben Bleikamp as Designer. (4/1/11)
  Posted 4/19/11 at 5:37pm
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  GitHub added Bryan Veloso as Designer. (1/3/11)
  Posted 1/11/11 at 6:38pm
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  GitHub — GitHub Hits One Million Hosted Projects (7/24/10)
  Posted 7/26/10 at 5:30pm via techcrunch.com
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  GitHub added Kyle Neath as Director of Design. (10/1/09)
  Posted 11/18/10 at 7:36pm
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  GitHub added Chris Wanstrath as Founder.
  Posted 4/13/08 at 12:53pm
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  GitHub added Tom Preston-Werner as Founder / CEO.
  Posted 4/14/08 at 6:31pm
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  GitHub added PJ Hyett as Founder / COO.
  Posted 4/14/08 at 6:31pm
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  GitHub added Scott Chacon as CIO.
  Posted 10/6/08 at 8:42am

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Products

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Gist

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Website	github.com
Blog	github.com/blog
Stage	Live
Launch Date	July 21, 2008
Tags	pastie

Gist is a git-based paste site. Every paste is its own repository that you can edit on or offline.

Major features include:

• Multiple revisions
• Support for multiple files within a single pastie
• Can be edited offline and then “pushed” to GitHub
• Pasties can be forked by other users
• Supports private pasties

Above: Gist Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 7/22/08

Above: Gist screenshot #2
Uploaded: 7/22/08

Videos

BryanL demos Gist: A Super Hot Pastebin from Bryan Liles on Vimeo.

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Intro to Gist

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Compete

Sources

1. Ordered List is a GitHubber (github.com) [edit]
2. GitHub Valued at $750M With First Outside Funding Ever (allthingsd.com) [edit]
GitHub Hits One Million Hosted Projects (techcrunch.com) [edit]
One Million (github.com) [edit]
GitHub Passes The 3 Million Developer Mark (techcrunch.com) [edit]