About 600 results
Open links in new tab
  1. Basic writing and formatting syntax - GitHub Docs

    Alerts, also sometimes known as callouts or admonitions, are a Markdown extension based on the blockquote syntax that you can use to emphasize critical information.

  2. About the repository README file - GitHub Docs

    You can add a README file to a repository to communicate important information about your project. A README, along with a repository license, citation file, contribution guidelines, and a …

  3. Quickstart for writing on GitHub - GitHub Docs

    You can use Markdown syntax, along with some additional HTML tags, to format your writing on GitHub, in places like repository READMEs and comments on pull requests and issues. In this …

  4. Create README - GitHub Docs

    Save the above content as create-readme.prompt.md in your .github/prompts folder of your repository. In Visual Studio Code, display the Copilot Chat view and enter /create-readme.

  5. Getting started with writing and formatting on GitHub

    Quickstart for writing on GitHub Learn advanced formatting features by creating a README for your GitHub profile.

  6. Organizing information with tables - GitHub Docs

    | git diff | Show file differences that haven't been staged | If you are frequently editing code snippets and tables, you may benefit from enabling a fixed-width font in all comment fields on …

  7. Best practices for repositories - GitHub Docs

    To make it easier for people to understand and navigate your work, we recommend that you create a README file for every repository. You can add a README file to a repository to …

  8. Creating and highlighting code blocks - GitHub Docs

    You can find out which keywords are valid in the languages YAML file. Creating diagrams You can also use code blocks to create diagrams in Markdown. GitHub supports Mermaid, …

  9. About the repository README file - GitHub Docs

    You can add a README file to a repository to communicate important information about your project. A README, along with a repository license, citation file and contribution guidelines, …

  10. Writing mathematical expressions - GitHub Docs

    If you're writing in an .md file, you will need to use specific formatting to create a line break, such as ending the line with a backslash as shown in the example below.