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Last week, a security fix was released for Git. The fix patches a bug in the Git client that is exploitable on operating systems with case insensitive file systems such as Windows and OS X. Heroku has updated the Git installer that we ship with Toolbelt for Windows. We have also removed an old Git version from the OS X installer (it was not generally used). In addition, we’ve added a Git version warning in Toolbelt that will prompt you to update Git if you’re using a vulnerable version on Windows (shown here) or OS X: $ heroku apps WARNING:…

Today we’re happy to announce that the HTTP Git beta is over and that HTTP Git is fully ready for production. The beta was launched less than a month ago and we are already handling thousands of HTTP Git builds per day. In addition, HTTP Git powers the Dropbox Sync beta, making sure that Dropbox folders and Heroku repos are up-to-date. Over the past month, we have seen great adoption from partners, and Travis CI is using HTTP Git as the default git strategy for Heroku deployments. We encountered few issues during the beta, and we’re confident that HTTP Git…

Since day one, developers from all over the world have been deploying apps on Heroku, and we’re extremely proud of the strong global community we’ve built. Our European customers in particular have asked for the ability to deploy applications geographically close to their European customer base so they can offer a better user experience with more responsive apps. In 2013 we launched 1X and 2X dynos in Europe to meet this demand. Today we’re pleased to announce the general availability of Performance Dynos in our European region. The availability of Performance Dynos in Europe provides the flexibility needed to build…

Helping teams to collaborate on creating, shipping and operating great apps is a core Heroku value. People collaborating on Heroku apps are not all alike: Some spend all day in the terminal, others prefer using Heroku from a browser. That’s why we’ve built both a powerful CLI and a great Dashboard. Today, we’re adding beta support for Dropbox Sync to complement Git-based deployments. By adding Dropbox as a way to sync changes, we’re making it easier for more users on diverse teams to contribute to apps built on Heroku. Git is a powerful tool for software developers to collaborate on…

Of the many Platform-as-a-Service innovations Heroku has contributed in its seven year existence, perhaps the most iconic is git push heroku master. Today we’re announcing a significant upgrade to Heroku’s Git implementation: Beta support for Git’s HTTP transport. HTTP Git has some notable advantages over traditional SSH Git. Instead of relying on port 22 (often blocked by firewalls) HTTP Git runs on port 443, the same port used for secure web requests. Also, HTTP Git uses a simpler authentication model than SSH Git, and is easier to set up. Many new users struggle with the tooling and configuration required to…

We’re excited to announce that the Cedar-14 – the new version of the Celedon Cedar stack – is ready for general availability and is now the default stack on Heroku. Cedar-14 is based on the latest Ubuntu LTS Linux version and comes with a modern set of libraries and system dependencies that will stay current and updated for a long time to come. Since we announced the public beta of Cedar-14 three months ago, we have migrated most of the apps that we run on Heroku to Cedar-14 (yes, a lot of Heroku runs on the Heroku platform) and thousands…

As an SRE (Service Reliability Engineer) at Heroku, one of the things I’m exposed to is how much work happens behind the scenes in order to create what we call “non-events” for you, our users. A non-event is turning something that would typically create work for an application hosted on traditional infrastructure into something that the user won’t even notice. This is something we put a lot of energy into because we believe in letting our users run apps instead of managing infrastructure. We make this investment because we know that for every hour you spend managing infrastructure, that’s an…