Read the About box and latest release from JSON

2026-08-11T22:25:26Z

GitHub rebuilt the repository sidebar, so the selectors parseRepoInfo used matched nothing and the About box rendered empty. Everything but the latest release is in the page's embedded payload as sidebarAbout; the latest release is only in the _sidebar JSON already fetched for languages, so it arrives with that fragment and is moved beside the release count.

Add language percentages to repo pages

2026-08-11T12:13:58Z

GitHub no longer server-renders the repository sidebar; its React UI lazily fetches /:owner/:repo/_sidebar as JSON, which carries the language breakdown (name, percentage, color). getGitHubLanguages() uses that endpoint, and a new /api/:owner/:repo/languages fragment route renders the bar and legend the same way refs and latest-commit already work, so repo page loads still cost a single scrape. The latest-commit placeholder loader in refs.js is generalized over .placeholder[data-src] so both placeholders share it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5

cgithub.git/views/_languages.eta, branch main

Read the About box and latest release from JSON

Add language percentages to repo pages