GitHub has enabled push protection by default for all public repositories to prevent accidental exposure of secrets such as access tokens and API keys when pushing new code.

While the GitHub app is great with managing the business aspects of GitHub on iOS, there is still much to be desired for users who need to actually push repo commits and code to GitHub.

GitHub's secret scanning alerts are available on all public repositories, and its push protection is now offered for custom secret patterns.

A Github repository is basically a folder designed to store files. It is also available online for anyone to download, access, and contribute to the files/code within the folder.

GitHub has transformed from a simple code repository to a comprehensive toolkit that supports every phase of the software development lifecycle.

GitHub is giving enterprise users the ability to store their sensitive code on only EU servers, hoping to meet the bloc's strict approach to data regulation.