Use bit.ly to Name Gists
Let's say you've got a cool Gist you want to share, but don't love the boring URL. No problem. Just use bit.ly. bit.ly is a URL shortener which lets you…
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Mirroring to GitHub
The flogic guys have a great write up detailing their setup. They go into detail on how to setup a local mirror to use when deploying your app. Here's a…
Blueprint CSS on GitHub
Blueprint CSS, everyone's favorite CSS framework, has moved to GitHub. Straight from the horse's mouth: Blueprint is a CSS framework, which aims to cut down on your CSS development time.…
GHC (Haskell) Moving to Git
The Haskell guys got together, evaluated the options, and decided Git was the best choice. It came down to two things: the degree of support available, and flexibility of the…
A Git deployment workflow
Bryan Helmkamp of weplay has published his team's Git deployment workflow over on his blog. It includes a bunch of Rake tasks which we've Gist'd for your convenience. # by…
Maven-enabled project hosting
mrdon has an excellent blog post explaining how to use GitHub with Maven. Not just read-only, either - mrdon's solution handles pushing the git repository changes to GitHub transparently. The…
The Post-Apocalyptic Guide
Worried about GitHub going down? Host not found errors in the middle of your deploy? Fear not! guitsaru" has written a guide on what to do When GitHub Goes Bad.…
Getting Real
A post I wrote about applying 37signals' Getting Real to GitHub is up on their product blog: How GitHub used Getting Real to pick a fight, scratch their own itch,…
Upcoming Speaking Gigs
In the next month I will be keynoting the Ruby Hoedown (August 8-9) and speaking at erubycon(August 15-17). If you're at either of these events stop by and say hi.…
New to Git?
Know someone new to Git? Here are some awesome resources to start with: Git for the lazy - A great guide for beginners Git for designers - No knowledge of…
Intro to Gist Video
bryanl has posted a video explaining Gist. Check it out! BryanL demos Gist: A Super Hot Pastebin from Bryan Liles on Vimeo.
Easy Peezy Capistrano Deployment
The guys over at EdgeCase have written up a guide on Easier Capistrano Deployments from GitHub. It explains how to setup and use the @:forward_agent@ option when you deploy. Nice!
Dashboard Widget
The stand up fellas over at New Leaders have created a GitHub Dashboard Widget for OS X. Check it out - very slick!
Supercharged Vim Theme
You TextMate users already have a GitHub theme, but now us Vimiacs can join the fun. Grab the theme right here. Thanks Bruno!