Pushing gratitude 💗 [Repositories Check-in]

[queenofcorgis]

With the festive period beginning, this check-in is a great place to express gratitude for our members, this community space, and all that we’ve created.

We have some community citizen gratitude coming up, but also first wanted to thank the members who have been patiently waiting for an update on GitHub Insights. We posted a comment with more information last week, check it out for more info. Now let’s continue the gratitude.

Wall of Fame 🤩 : These folks make our Repositories category so great!

• @DmitrySadovnikov: Thanks for sharing the CLI command to resolve stuck notification badges. It helped another member and assisted the original poster in getting on the right track for a fix, great work!
• @1336052171: Started a great discussion on effective Git workflow tips for a clean repository. They’ve asked some insightful questions, feel free to join the conversation to answer them!
• @AlexCK-STFC: Appreciate the thoughtful feedback and for answering our PM’s questions in our preview feedback discussion. Thank you for helping us improve our features!

🗳️ Repository Releases: All updates, info, releases, etc. that are Repo-related!

• Required review by specific teams now available as a preview feature in rulesets: You can now use rulesets to require approvals from specific teams for changes to specific files and folders. Share feedback in our discussion .
• Block repository administrators from installing GitHub Apps on their own now in public preview: Learn more about this release and leave feedback in our discussion.
• Organization custom properties - Public preview: Catch up on the release and share your thoughts in our discussion.

📚 Rousing Reads and Beyond: GitHub-produced goodies

• 🌌 GitHub Universe 2025 Community Release Recap: Review releases and roundups from GitHub Universe in our discussion.
• Taming Your Monorepo with GitHub Copilot 🚀 : Enter the new era of monorepo development with GitHub Copilot's advanced features. These aren't just incremental improvements—they're transformative capabilities that fundamentally reshape how teams work with large-scale codebases. @casanova-21 shares his knowledge in his discussion.
• What 986 million code pushes say about the developer workflow in 2025: Nearly a billion commits later, the way we ship code has changed for good. Read our blog to learn what the 2025 Octoverse data says about how devs really work now.

Have a project or fellow community member that has been helpful to you this month? Give them some gratitude in the comments.