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* '''Search commit messages in specific data fields, such as author, date, and message'''<ref name=":1" />

* '''Organization-wide projects''' <ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/02/github_opens_door_to_hosted_service_for_businesses/|title=You're mulling GitHub Enterprise. Not keen on on-prem hosting. You don't totally hate cloud...|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en}}</ref> 

In November 2017, Github adopted the "Git Virtual File System" created by Microsoft for [[Windows]] development. The system makes it easier to run large projects with thousands of developers and a very large codebase. Github further extended the new virtual file system to include GitHub Enterprise projects built on MacOS and Linux.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/11/microsoft-and-github-team-up-to-take-git-virtual-file-system-to-macos-linux/|title=Microsoft and GitHub team up to take Git virtual file system to macOS, Linux|work=Ars Technica|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-us}}</ref>

'''Forty five percent of the 100 largest companies in the United States (by revenue) use GitHub Enterprise to build software.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/11/20/github-vulnerability-security-alerts/|title=GitHub starts alerting developers of security vulnerabilities in dependencies - Help Net Security|date=2017-11-20|work=Help Net Security|access-date=2017-12-11|language=en-US}}</ref>  About $110 million of GitHub's annual revenue, based on a run rate in August 2017, came from GitHub Enterprise.'''<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/11/github-has-a-110-million-run-rate-from-business-products.html|title=GitHub has turned serious and now books more than $100m a year from businesses|last=Novet|first=Jordan|date=2017-10-11|work=CNBC|access-date=2017-12-11}}</ref>

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=== GitHub Marketplace service ===

GitHub Marketplacealso provides accesssome [[software toas intea service]] integrations for adding extra features to projects. Those services include:

* Rollbar: Integrate with GitHub to provide real time debugging tools and full-stack exception reporting. It is compatible with all well used code languages, such as JavaScript, Python, .Net, Ruby, PHP, Node.js, Android, iOS, Go, Java and C#.

* Codebeat: For automated code analysis specialized in web and mobile developers. The supported languages for this software are: Elixir, Go, Java, Swift, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Kotlin, Objective-C, TypeScript.

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=== Organizational structure ===

GitHub, Inc. was originally a [[flat organization]] with no middle managers; in other words, "everyone is a manager" ([[Workers' self-management|self-management]]).<ref name='cto-mgmt-style'>{{cite web |url = http://tomayko.com/writings/management-style |title = Show How, Don't Tell What - A Management Style |first = Ryan |last = Tomayko |date = 2 April 2012 |accessdate = 28 August 2013 }}</ref> Employees can'''could''' choose to work on projects that interest them ([[open allocation]]). However, salaries are'''were''' set by the chief executive.<ref name='nyt'>{{cite news |url = http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/28/github-has-big-dreams-for-open-source-software-and-more/?_r=0 |title = Dreams of 'Open' Everything |first = Quentin |last = Hardy |publisher = New York Times }}</ref>{{update[delete inline|date=Augustneeds 2014}}update]

In 2014, GitHub, Inc. introduced a layer of middle management.<ref name="wsj-2014">{{cite news |url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/harassment-claims-make-startup-github-grow-up-1405639553 |title = Harassment claims make startup GitHub grow up |last = Evelyn |first = Rusli |work = [[Wall Street Journal]] |accessdate = 18 July 2014 |date = 17 July 2014 }}</ref> '''About 700 people worked at GitHub, as of October 2017.'''<ref name=":2" />