Exactly one year after buying GitHub for $7.5 billion, Microsoft has now purchased Pull Panda to beef up the software development platform with more collaborative tools.

Microsoft has acquired GitHub tool vendor Pull Panda for an undisclosed amount, the company announced on June 17. Microsoft plans to use Pull Panda's technology to improve code-review workflows on ...

Using code owners, you can define specific teams or individuals that are responsible for a piece of code so that when you make a pull request the relevant people are informed automatically.

This feature integrates with GitHub’s protected branches, Berman said — if the reviewer requested changes to a pull request on a protected branch, the pull request can be blocked.

Microsoft-owned GitHub has acquired Pull Panda, a startup that makes code review tools for developers using GitHub.

Once installed, it will provide AI-powered capabilities including feature development, code review and Java code migration directly within the GitHub interface.

Microsoft announced a new extension for Visual Studio Code that simplifies the process of working with GitHub pull requests, which can now be done completely within the editor.

GitHub rolls out dependency review, vulnerability alerts for pull requests The aim is to prevent vulnerable code from being added to dependencies by accident.

Microsoft announced a new extension for Visual Studio Code that simplifies the process of working with GitHub pull requests, which can now be done completely within the editor.