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Jellyfish Adds Tool to Visualize Software Development Workflows
Jellyfish today unveiled a tool that identifies bottlenecks in software engineering processes using data the company collects via Git repositories and project management software from Atlassian. Krishna Kannan, head of product for Jellyfish, said Life Cycle Explorer provides managers with a tool that makes it simpler to identify the root cause of a process breakdown. […]
GitBOM Tool Automatically Identifies Software Artifact Components
An open source GitBOM tool, discussed at the Open Source Summit Europe conference this week, can automatically track every source code file incorporated into each built artifact. Nell Shamrell-Harrington, a principal software engineer for Microsoft, told conference attendees via a video link that the GitBOM tool, based on a compact Artifact Dependency Graph (ADG) technology, […]
The Secret to Secrets Management: Reduce Source Code Vulnerabilities
We are in the cyberattack age. From Microsoft to Crypto.com, no company is completely safe from malicious attackers, and it seems as if a new major cyberattack is announced weekly, if not more frequently. As more companies not only go digital but expand their digital offerings and initiatives, there are more opportunities for cyberattackers. Security […]
Git for Mainframe: Back to the Future
Software delivery modernization should be done with care, especially with mission-critical mainframe apps. But for some, modernization will feel like a trip back to the future. Mainframe applications are typically systems of record with high-value transactions, significant compliance risk and an essential need for stability and security. They’ve been running reliably, often for decades, with […]
It is Time to Secure Git
At this point, we’ve got a ton of experience with the bits of Git that we use. And locking down Git is well-documented. Okay, it is documented; we can say that, at least. Interestingly, much of the ‘how to secure Git’ information out there is actually ‘how to keep critical information out of Git,’ and […]
GitHub Updates CLI to Make Creating Extensions Easier
GitHub this week made available an update to its command-line interface (CLI) that enables DevOps teams to add extensions to workflows. Billy Griffin, director of engineering for GitHub, said the company’s initial focus was providing DevOps teams with a set of workflows that could be invoked easily via a CLI. Now GitHub is encouraging developers […]
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Empower your developers to use their preferred open source languages. We offer many open source languages and tools—including Git, R and Python—that allow any developer to harness the power of the mainframe without spending months learning new skills. Git Git is a version control system (VCS) for tracking changes in computer files and coordinating work […]
GitHub Updates Server Platform for On-Prem IT Environs
GitHub this week rolled out a series of offerings including updates to its server platform that includes a major update to the on-premises edition of the Git-based repository for source code. Scheduled to be available next week, GitHub CEO Nat Friedman noted via a pre-recorded video that opened the online GitHub Universe event that version […]
Oracle Proposes Replacing Mercurial SCM for Java With Git
Oracle today at its Oracle Developer Live—Java event proposed making a bevy of updates to Java that includes replacing the Mercurial source code management (SCM) platform, which is the repository Oracle created to share updates to the Java community, with Git starting with the initial availability of Java 16 and then migrating the project itself […]