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GitHub Brings Stacked Pull Requests to Public Preview

Craig Risi — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT

GitHub has announced that Stacked Pull Requests are now available in public preview, introducing native support for breaking large software changes into smaller, dependent pull requests that can be reviewed and merged independently.

By Craig Risi

GitHub Code Quality Targets Maintainability as AI-Generated Code Increases

Matt Saunders — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT

GitHub Code Quality is now generally available on GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Team. The service combines CodeQL analysis with AI-assisted detection of maintainability and reliability problems, then uses Copilot Autofix to suggest changes for review in pull requests, according to an announcement from GitHub.

By Matt Saunders

GitHub Hardens npm and Actions Defaults, Drawing Debate over Delays versus Signing

Steef-Jan Wiggers — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 07:45:00 GMT

GitHub consolidated the npm and Actions changes it shipped from March to July 2026 against supply chain attacks, several of which alter defaults rather than add options. Hacker News discussion focused less on the individual controls than on whether waiting periods are the right instrument, or a substitute for author-side package signing.

By Steef-Jan Wiggers