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GitHub Desktop 3.6 Adds Git Worktree Support and Moves Copilot Into Commit Authoring and Merge-Conflict Resolution
GitHub Desktop 3.6.0, released June 26, brings a graphical worktree workflow and routes Copilot into commit messages and merge conflicts, with a model picker and BYOK.
Git 2.55 Adds a 'git history fixup' Command, Brings the FSMonitor Daemon to Linux, and Lets git push Target Remote Groups
Released June 29, the update extends the experimental git history command, adds inotify-based filesystem monitoring on Linux, and lets git push write to a group of remotes at once.
Jujutsu 0.42 Switches to the mimalloc Allocator and Removes a Batch of Deprecated Commands
Jujutsu 0.42.0, released June 4, moves to the mimalloc allocator, drops several long-deprecated command options, and adds multi-revision support to jj show.
GitLab Previews 'Agent-Native' Git at Transcend 2026: A Redesigned SCM Backend Claiming 50x Faster Tasks and 1,000x Less Network Traffic
GitLab's next-generation source code management, shown at its Transcend event, keeps the Git protocol but rebuilds the backend so agents query repos server-side instead of cloning them.
GDB 17 Brings Hardware Shadow-Stack Debugging and AArch64 Guarded Control Stacks as the 17.2 Maintenance Release Lands
The GNU Debugger's 17 series adds support for debugging CET shadow stacks and AArch64 Guarded Control Stacks, with version 17.2 shipping in May 2026 as the current release.
Microsoft Ships Coreutils for Windows, Putting Rust-Based Unix Command-Line Tools Natively on the OS
Announced at Build 2026, Coreutils for Windows packages a Rust uutils build of coreutils, findutils, and grep as a single native binary installable via WinGet, though the GitHub repo still labels it a preview.
GitHub Adds Immutable IDs to Actions OIDC Subject Claims to Close a Repository-Name Recycling Hole
GitHub is embedding permanent owner and repository IDs into Actions OIDC subject claims, with the new format becoming the default for repos created after July 15, 2026.
VS Code 1.123 Syncs Agent Sessions to GitHub and Adds a /chronicle Command, Pushing the Editor Toward Persistent AI Workflows
The June 3 release adds cross-machine chat session sync, a Research Agent preview, 1M-token context windows, and a two-hour delay on extension updates.
Meta's Pyrefly Reaches 1.0, Bringing a Rust-Built Python Type Checker to Stable With 90% Spec Conformance
Pyrefly 1.0.0 ships on May 12, 2026 as Meta's production-grade Python type checker, checking 1.8 million lines per second and powering Instagram's codebase.
GitHub Code Quality Brings Code Coverage to Pull Requests, Completing a Feature Set That Rivals Dedicated Coverage Tools
GitHub Code Quality added code coverage metrics to pull requests on May 26, completing a roadmap item announced at the feature's October 2025 launch.
Go Team Launches Official pkg.go.dev API, Replacing Years of Web Scraping Workarounds
The Go team published a formal REST API for pkg.go.dev on May 21, giving tool authors and IDE integrations a stable, versioned interface to module metadata, documentation, symbols, and vulnerability data.
OpenTofu 1.12 Ships the Dynamic Destroy Protection Terraform Refused to Build for a Decade
OpenTofu v1.12.0 lands with variable-driven prevent_destroy, a destroy=false lifecycle flag, and dual output modes — features the Terraform tracker left open since 2016.