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

Learn how to add a GitHub repository to VS Code as well as how to install a handy extension to manage pull requests and issues.

GitHub is now automatically blocking the leak of sensitive information like API keys and access tokens for all public code repositories.