#open-source

Git 2.56.0 adds git add --resolved — a staging mode that refuses to commit leftover conflict markers and never touches your unrelated edits. After two decades of git add -u footguns, here's how to retrain your merge muscle memory.

Hacktoberfest 2026 opens October 1 with a new format: pull requests no longer count toward swag, the theme is open AI, and 300+ local fests are on the map. Here is how the month actually works this year.