# mainbranch

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## Posts
- [Main Branch: The One Where Permissions Get Picky 🗝️ - Issue #33](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-permissions-get-picky-issue-33): New ruleset controls restrict who can dismiss pull request reviews, and Copilot CLI runs in GitHub Actions with GITHUB_TOKEN instead of a PAT
- [The One Where Steps Stop Standing in Line ⚡- Issue #32 ](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-steps-stop-standing-in-line-issue-32): GitHub Actions just got parallel steps, and your issues list finally got saved views worth sharing.
- [Main Branch: The One Where the Bots Run CI (If You Let Them) 🚦 - Issue #31](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-the-bots-run-ci-if-you-let-them-issue-31): GitHub Actions now lets bot-created PRs run CI with approval, and GitHub Agentic Workflows is in public preview. Plus a Copilot Chromium canvas.
- [Main Branch: The One Where Teams Stop Multiplying 🚢 - Issue #30](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-teams-stop-multiplying-issue-30): GitHub Enterprise Teams GA, windows-latest Visual Studio 2026 migration, and Git worktrees for cleaner demo prep
- [Main Branch: The One Where Shipping Got More Honest 📦 — Issue #29](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-shipping-got-more-honest-issue-29): GitHub code coverage on pull requests, npm staged publishing, and an agent cost experiment
- [Main Branch: The One Where Your Issues Finally Have Structure 🗂️ - Issue #28](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-your-issues-finally-have-structure-issue-28): GitHub issue fields public preview, org-level metadata, Copilot for Eclipse open source
- [Main Branch: The One Where You See the Bill Before It Arrives 💸 - Issue #27](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-you-see-the-bill-before-it-arrives-issue-27): Copilot usage-based billing prep, April reports, Dependabot cross-org access
- [Main Branch: The One Where the Rules Finally Make Sense 📖 - Issue #26](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-the-rules-finally-make-sense-issue-26): Plus: secret scanning in GitHub MCP Server is now GA
- [The One Where Your Tokens Have a Price Tag - Issue #25 🤑 ](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-your-tokens-have-a-price-tag-issue-25): GitHub Copilot is switching to usage-based billing. Here's what changes, what stays free, and how to keep your spend in check.
- [The One Where the Old Commands Win 🥇 Issue #24](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-the-old-commands-win-issue-24): Two Git commands, one AI design tool that won, and why your terminal has been waiting since April 20. This week on Main Branch.
- [🏪 The one where GitHub becomes an App Store - Issue #23 ](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-github-becomes-an-app-store-issue-23): GitHub fixed the SBOM timeout nobody talks about, gh skill shipped with a warning I think you should read, and I gave a talk in Chile that reminded me why I do this.
- [🔐 The One Where Your Credentials Stop Living in .env - Issue #22](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-your-credentials-stop-living-in-env-issue-22): Code scanning batch fixes + npm trusted publishing on CircleCI — and a question about management I can't stop thinking about.
- [🏠 Main Branch: The One Where Your PR Inbox Got Fixed - Issue #21](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-your-pr-inbox-got-fixed-issue-21): GitHub rebuilt github.com/pulls from scratch, Actions drops the service container workarounds, and Simon Willison on why your experience is the whole point
- [The One Where We Slow Down and Read the Fine Print 🔍 -Issue #20](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-we-slow-down-and-read-the-fine-print-issue-20): GitHub is using your Copilot data to train AI starting April 24. Here's how to opt out, plus 28 new secret scanning detectors and a very good old dog.
- [🥊 Main Branch: The One Where Actions Stops Fighting You 🛠️- Issue #19](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-actions-stops-fighting-you-issue-19): Environments without fake deploys, cron jobs in your actual timezone.
- [🔄 The One Where Your Hooks Update Themselves - Issue #18](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/new-post): Dependabot goes GA on pre-commit, OIDC tokens get smarter, and Bill Perkins argues for spending your healthiest years wisely
- [🗂️ The One Where GitHub Finally Remembered Where It Put Everything - Issue #17](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/the-one-where-github-finally-remembered-where-it-put-everything-issue-17): Repository Dashboard, required reviewers, and Projects hierarchy. The features you didn't know you were waiting for.
- [🚰 The One Where Plumbing Got Fixed - Issue #16](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/issue-16): Two fixes for friction you stopped complaining about because you assumed it'd never change.
- [🚗 Main Branch: The One Where Agents Learned to Drive - Issue #15](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-agents-learned-to-drive-issue-15): GitHub Agentic Workflows, Copilot in Zed, and the free-tier tools quietly running half my stack.
- [🦞 Main Branch: The One Where the Lobster Gets Loose - Issue #14](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-the-lobster-gets-loose-issue-14): 196k GitHub stars in 60 days. 5,700 community skills. One bot that publicly shamed a maintainer. Let's talk about OpenClaw.
- [🧠 Main Branch: The One Where Issues Made the Playoffs - Issue #13](https://mainbranch.beehiiv.com/p/main-branch-the-one-where-issues-made-the-playoffs): Pinned comments, semantic search, and a git alias you'll use every day