5 tips for writing better custom instructions for Copilot
This guide offers five essential tips for writing effective GitHub Copilot custom instructions, covering project overview, tech stack, coding guidelines, structure, and resources, to help developers get better code suggestions. The post 5 tips for writ...
How to use GitHub Copilot on github.com: A power user’s guide
Explore how to use GitHub Copilot on github.com to automate tasks, assign agents, prototype ideas, and streamline your entire workflow — all without an IDE. The post How to use GitHub Copilot on github.com: A power user’s guide appeared first on Th...
Safeguarding VS Code against prompt injections
When a chat conversation is poisoned by indirect prompt injection, it can result in the exposure of GitHub tokens, confidential files, or even the execution of arbitrary code without the user's explicit consent. In this blog post, we'll explain which V...
Highlights from Git 2.51
The open source Git project just released Git 2.51. Here is GitHub’s look at some of the most interesting features and changes introduced since last time. The post Highlights from Git 2.51 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.
GitHub Availability Report: July 2025
In July, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. The post GitHub Availability Report: July 2025 appeared first on The GitHub Blog.