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Secret scanning backfilling existing secrets in GitHub wikis

Secret scanning is now performing a backfill to detect historically existing secrets in GitHub wikis. For repositories with secret scanning enabled, you may notice newly created alerts for these exposed secrets.

Learn how to secure your repositories with secret scanning or sign up for a 60 minute feedback session on secret scanning and be compensated for your time.

You are also welcome to join the discussion and share your feedback on our dedicated Github community.

Sign-up for the GitHub Copilot Extensions waitlist

Today, we are excited to open our waitlist for all GitHub Copilot users to start using Copilot Extensions!

Join the Copilot Extensions waitlist.

With extensions, you can extend the capabilities of GitHub Copilot Chat and enhance the experience to perform a wide range of actions across third-party tools, services, and data. Create feature flags, check log errors, access API documentation, and even deploy your application to the cloud, all through natural language.

Copilot Extensions are live on the GitHub Marketplace, with extensions from Octopus Deploy, Sentry, New Relic, and many more.

Questions or suggestions? Join the conversation in the community discussion.

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Enhanced Repo Insights Views

New Enhanced Repo Insights Views

We’re thrilled to introduce improvements to Repo Insights! With this update, you’ll find significant enhancements to two of our repository insights views—Contributors and Code Frequency. Both now utilize an SVG-based solution, offering improved focus navigation for precise, point-by-point interaction. You can also hide a series by interacting with the chart legend and view or download the data in both table format and as PNGs. Let’s dive into the details!

Contributors

  • Date Range Filter: While the click-and-drag date range selection was a handy feature, it was also a hidden feature. The new date range filter is always visible and fully navigable by keyboard, making it more accessible and easier to use.

  • Clear Date Range Display: The current date range is now explicitly listed under the heading, giving you a clear and immediate understanding of the data timeframe.

  • Responsive Contributor Cards: Previously locked to a two-column view, contributor cards are now more responsive on small screens, seamlessly wrapping to a single-column layout for a better viewing experience.

Code Frequency

  • Enhanced Axes Differentiation: The two different axes are now distinguished not just by color but also by line style, making it easier to interpret the data at a glance.

  • Detailed Tooltips: Data points are now navigable and display more details in a tooltip. Previously, you could only visually reference data against the axes. Now, you get more information directly from the chart itself.

Explore the new features and let us know what you think! Join the discussion within the GitHub Community.

To revert this update, click on your profile picture in the top right corner of the page, go to the feature preview menu, select “Enhanced Repo Insights Views” and click disable. If you choose to turn this feature off – please let us know why using the link listed above!

 

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