Markdown For Markdown, This is by design. From the Inline HTML section of the Markdown reference: Note that Markdown formatting syntax is not processed within block-level HTML tags. E.g., you can’t use Markdown-style emphasis inside an HTML block. But it is explicitly allowed for span-level tags: Unlike block-level HTML tags, Markdown syntax is processed within … Read more
You can use HTML tables on GitHub (but not on StackOverflow) <table> <tr> <td>One</td> <td>Two</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=”2″>Three</td> </tr> </table> Becomes
You need to merge the remote branch into your current branch by running git pull. If your local branch is already up-to-date, you may also need to run git pull –rebase. A quick google search also turned up this same question asked by another SO user: Cannot push to GitHub – keeps saying need merge. … Read more
I wrote a small CLI in Python and added GFM support. It’s called Grip (Github Readme Instant Preview). Install it with: $ pip install grip And to use it, simply: $ grip Then visit localhost:5000 to view the readme.md file at that location. You can also specify your own file: $ grip CHANGES.md And change … Read more
This code allows you to copy data from your spreadsheet, redact it, align each column independently and then post it in to SO with the appropriate markdown to make a nice looking table. The Code: redact.gs: function onOpen() { menu(); } function menu() { SpreadsheetApp.getUi().createMenu(‘My Tools’) .addItem(‘Authenticate’,’authenticate’) .addItem(‘Redactable Table’,’showRedactTableDialog’) .addToUi(); } function authenticate() { //no … Read more
Update 30th, January 2013, 16 months later: GitHub Blog Post Relative links in markup files: Starting today, GitHub supports relative links in markup files. Now you can link directly between different documentation files, whether you view the documentation on GitHub itself, or locally, using a different markup renderer. You want examples of link definitions and … Read more
How to add images to README.md on GitHub?