Microsoft bought GitHub for $7.5 billion last year. In June, during a Reddit AMA, GitHub's new chief Nat Friedman was asked if Microsoft ever planned to make private repositories free.

Actions is GitHub’s automation tool offering which lets applications orchestrate any workflow based on an event — like sending a notification. So, the free tier offering is ideal for small ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft-owned GitHub announced that it will give private code repositories to teams for free. Normally, that's a paid premium feature.

GitHub scans repositories for more than 200 token formats (including API keys, authentication tokens, access tokens, management certificates, credentials, private keys, secret keys, and more).

To begin using the service, you have to enable the feature in their GitHub security settings. However, the rollout of the service will be gradual and it will not be available to all users until ...

If you’re a GitHub user, but you don’t pay, this is a good week. Historically, GitHub always offered free accounts but the caveat was that your code had to be public. To get private ...

BitBucket offers free, unlimited private repos for as many as five users. GitHub also is unifying its enterprise cloud and on-premises products.