"This is not a bug, but a feature." -MIcrosoft.

trufflesecurity.com/blog/anyon…

#github #LeaveGithubAlready

Anyone can Access Deleted and Private Repository Data on GitHub ◆ Truffle Security Co.

You can access data from deleted forks, deleted repositories and even private repositories on GitHub. And it is available forever. This is known by GitHub, and intentionally designed that way.

^{trufflesecurity.com}

What's your favourite #FreeSoftware that is #NotOnGitHub (or on other proprietary code forges like #GitLab.com)?

Let us know in the comments! Feel free to also share code from other #Forgejo instances, #Sourcehut or other platforms.

#FreeLibreSoftware #LibreSoftware #Opensource #FLOSS #FOSS #GiveUpGithub #GitHub

In just a couple of weeks, Carie Fisher and Jesse Dugas from the GitHub Accessibility team will be sharing the accessibility features of GitHub Copilot that you can use to enhance your own projects.

Mark your calendars for July 23, 2024, 1pm ET
a11ytalks.com/posts/2024-jul
#A11y #Accessibility #A11yTalks #Drupal #GitHub #Copilot

Why #curl closes PRs on #GitHub

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/06/11…

It's 2024 and GitHub still encourages bad development processes:
- it has no commit message review UI (like Gerrit or ... e-mail 😬). Good commit messages are essential to long term projects, and not encouraging reviews if bad.
- GitHub actions don't test each commit independently, meaning you can very easily break bisectability of issues (there are workarounds)
- and it tends to encourage squash and merge (as a result of those two previous points?), which is only good for write-only projects

#Github

Catima 2.29.1 is out!

This is a small bugfix release, fixing some balance and spend/receiving issues (mostly reduced confusion + workaround for some broken Android keyboard apps that don't correctly listen to the list of allowed symbols).

It also contains various translation updates.

The update is available on #GitHub right now and will most likely be available on #IzzyOnDroid within 24 hours. It has also been sent to Google Play Open Testing for review.

#Catima #Android #OpenSource

Our #GAAD edition In-Process #blog is out, featuring all the news on #NVDA 2024.2beta 1, the amazing mini-documentary @github made our new issue template and more!

Get on top of all the #GAAD #news here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-1…

#NVDAsr #Accessibility #Newsletter #GitHub #FOSS #ScreenReader

Catima 2.29.0 is out!

This release adds support for finding barcodes in PDF files[1] and dealing with multiple barcodes. It also properly colours the status bar during usage now.

As always, it's available on #GitHub, will soon be available on #IzzyOnDroid and will slowly roll out to other app stores.

github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

[1] Not sandboxed yet, help welcome in github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…

#Catima #OpenSource #Android

Sandbox PdfRenderer in a Service with android:isolatedProcess · Issue #1804 · CatimaLoyalty/Android

The Android documentation for PdfRenderer states: If the file is from an untrusted source it is recommended to run the renderer in a separate, isolated process with minimal permissions to limit the...

^GitHub

On this day forteen years ago, #curl switched to using #git and hosting on #github

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/03/23…

Are you a software engineer who uses GitHub in your day job, and you want/need to keep a work log including all the PRs you review each week?

This link will show all of them across all repos:
github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+rev…

__

¿Eres ingenier@ de software que usa GitHub en el trabajo y quieres/necesitas mantener una bitácora de tareas con todas las PRs que revises cada semana?

Este enlace te muestra todas en todos los repos:
github.com/pulls?q=is%3Apr+rev…

#GitHub #SoftwareEngineer #Tip

Use GitHub?

GitHub Customer Research Panel—Feedback shapes everything we do at GitHub.

forms.office.com/Pages/Respons…

#github #webdev #survey

Hey #rust #rustlang bubble - I am giving up maintainership of the "config" crate: github.com/mehcode/config-rs/i…

If someone wants to take over, now's your time.

#maintainer #github #repository 🦀

Please boost to your rustlang bubbles.

Maintainer wanted · Issue #549 · mehcode/config-rs

This project needs more/new maintainers. I took over maintainership in 2019 (IIRC) during a project at my employer back then, because I needed fixes/changes in this crate to fulfill my task at work...

^GitHub

The #curl repo on #GitHub is now forked 6,000 times

github.com/curl/curl

GitHub - curl/curl: A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, T

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP...

^GitHub

#Catima 2.27.0 is out!

Honestly a fairly small release, mostly small UI tweaks and a minor bugfix. But that's fine, it's great when software updates are boring without major changes so there is nothing new to learn :)

Available on #GitHub right now, on #IzzyOnDroid within 24 hours and on other stores when they update (see the FAQ on catima.app for details).

Hope y'all enjoy it :)

On this day in 1999, 24 years ago, we started hosting the #curl source code on Sourceforge. Like all the cool kids. CVS baby!

In 2010 we switched to using git, hosted on #GitHub: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/03/23…

Another article on #OpenSource, this time written by Richard Pope, who was one of the founding members of the UK’s #GDS. There is just so much for which governments can benefit by engaging with the open source communities that they use. Furthermore, the government contributing their work back to the public #GitHub or #GitLab repositories makes the code more secure and drives down the costs for #DigitalGovernment.

digitalpublicgoods.xyz/behave

1. Read this:

“Just as GitHub was founded on Git, today we are re-founded on Copilot.”

github.blog/2023-11-08-univers…

2. Go here:

codeberg.org/

#git #gitHub #codeberg #enshittification #BigTech #cooperative #dev

Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform - The GitHub Blog

GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.

^{Thomas Dohmke (The GitHub Blog)}

Greetings!

I would like to sincerely thank @genewitch , for opening up a ticket for making the #Misskey web interface more accessible to all #Blind & #VisuallyImpaird users.
Comment among the #GitHub thread if anyone has ideas/thoughts, and spread the word!

github.com/misskey-dev/misskey…

More accessibility for visually impaired (blind) users · Issue #10702 · misskey-dev/misskey

many buttons without alt-text for blind or visually impaired persons using screen readers A user on my misskey said: As a #blind / #VisuallyImpaired user of the #Fediverse, at least if using the we...

^GitHub

"By being on GitHub, we reduce friction from the contribution process and we maximize the ability for others to join in and help. We lower the bar. This is good for us."

There have been many criticism towards GitHub on the Fediverse (#GiveUpGitHub). Some even say it's the "Twitter of hosting code". While I understand the rationale, I disagree. Been using GitHub for over a decade now and have hundreds of repositories there. Without GitHub it would be amazingly difficult to manage. I use for-profit products by Microsoft, can you imagine some of them have their place in the world?

I can quit Twitter, Facebook, etc. and self-host almost anything, but not my and the firm's code. Why?

Read: "What if GitHub is the devil?", an article by @bagder

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/01/28… #OpenSource #GitHub

Oops! 😅 Github accidentally committed their on SSH private key to a public github repo. They rightly have changed the keys, so you'll get bit scary “WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!” messages.

github.blog/2023-03-23-we-upda…
#ssh #github #devoops

We updated our RSA SSH host key | The GitHub Blog

At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.

^{Mike Hanley (GitHub)}

For my latest story, I got to correspond with a Ukranian developer with cerebral palsy who uses ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to communicate and code. It was wild, because I don't think our interaction would have been possible just a few years ago.

Beyond that, though, #GenerativeAI is removing barriers for him to code and contribute. He even released his first #OpenSource project recently sharing his experience!

github.com/readme/featured/ope…

#ChatGPT #GitHubCopilot #GitHub #A11y

Hey #Fosdem! Jason is heading to the #Github Open Social event tonight at Scott’s Bar and Kitchen— and he has a limited quantity of these #Thunderbird stickers and T-shirts to give away!

Want one? Find him between 8pm and 10pm. He’s wearing a Thunderbird hoodie.

"The Venn Diagram of the Techbro": perhaps the most succinct summary of the paper.

A _very_ interesting and thorough report on toxicity in #OpenSource communities on #GitHub, including a few suggested avenues for improvements.

Let's all strive to do better.

#Community #OpenSourceBehaviours
cmustrudel.github.io/papers/os…

Looks like there’s a new phish in town. Keep an eye out, folks

#phishing #github #security

#github is introducing tracking cookies. Have you moved your projects to #codeberg yet?

github.com/github/site-policy/…

#privacy #foss

Privacy Statement Updates September 2022 by olholder · Pull Request #582 · github/site-policy

GitHub is introducing non-essential cookies on web pages that market our products to businesses. These cookies will provide analytics to improve the site experience and personalize content and ads ...

^GitHub

Ich befürchte das dann viele Projekte zu #github umziehen werden und nicht zu #codeberg

gnulinux.ch/gitlab-denkt-%C3%B…

Wäre ein echt krasser und negativer Zug von Gitlab. Würden eine Menge #ubuntutouch Apps verschwinden die schon lange kein Update mehr bekommen haben.

@codeberg

GitLab denkt über automatische Löschung verwaister Projekte nach

GitLab denkt möglicherweise über die Einführung einer Retention Policy nach.

^GNU/Linux.ch

A little template you can customise for your G****b readme ;)

# ⚠️ This repository has moved away from GitHub

## 👉️ [<app name> git repository (source code)](codeberg.org/)

Its new home is on [Codeberg](codeberg.org/), an independent and ethical not-for-profit git hosting service that’s powered by donations, doesn’t track you, and is hosted in the EU.

(They also don’t [violate your licenses to train their shitty AIs](mastodon.ar.al/@aral/106500204…).)

#github #codeberg

ar.al🌻 (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

So GitHub copilot… correct me if I’m wrong here: it was trained on open source (including GPLed & AGPLed code?) by *spit* Elon Musk’s OpenAI and now it regurgitates said code and this doesn’t violate the GPL/AGPL because…?

^{Aral’s Mastodon}

And of course I have to learn of #ForgeFed @forgefed today. 😅 An extension to #ActivityPub. Capturing the collaborative nature of source forges.

The reason #github has kept its mountain 🗻 market share is its social network. The only true way to fight centralization is by joining our abilities as a collective. Through choice and breadth of interconnected forges we hold strength. An actual #DVCS.

forgefed.org/