Allison highlights expanded file type support for attachments within GitHub’s issues, pull requests, and discussions, illustrating how this update benefits development workflows.

Expanded File Type Support for Attachments in GitHub

GitHub has released an update expanding the range of file types users can upload as attachments to issues, pull requests, discussions, and comments. This change is aimed at making collaboration and sharing among development teams more streamlined and robust.

What’s New

Wider Range of Supported File Types:
- Code and Data: .py, .yaml, .yml, .css, .xml, .html, .htm, .js, .sql, .java, .c, .cpp, .sh, .php, .ts, .tsx, .cs, .ipynb, .pdb, .xlsm, .tsv, .drawio, .bin
- Documents: .rtf, .doc
- Text and Email-Related: .debug, .msg, .eml, .copilotmd
- Images: .bmp, .tif, .tiff
- Audio: .mp3, .wav

How Developers Benefit

Easier Sharing: Developers can now attach logs, code snippets, configuration files, spreadsheets, diagrams, and more directly to their ongoing conversations and code reviews.
More Flexible Collaboration: Project teams can discuss specifics related to many additional file types without relying on external sharing services.
Enhanced Communication: Attaching the right file formats in context helps resolve issues and answer questions more efficiently.

Try It Yourself

A screen recording demonstrates how easy it is to upload these new file types to your GitHub issues or pull requests.

For step-by-step instructions and the full list of accepted formats, refer to the GitHub documentation.

Feedback & Support

If you have suggestions, experience any issues, or want to join the conversation on this feature, participate in the GitHub Community discussion.

Source: GitHub Blog announcement

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