If you are frequently editing code snippets and tables, you may benefit from enabling a fixed-width font in all comment fields on GitHub. Some basic Git commands are:įor more information, see ' Creating and highlighting code blocks.' To format code or text into its own distinct block, use triple backticks. Use `git status` to list all new or modified files that haven't yet been committed. You can also press the Command+ E (Mac) or Ctrl+ E (Windows/Linux) keyboard shortcut to insert the backticks for a code block within a line of Markdown. The text within the backticks will not be formatted. You can call out code or a command within a sentence with single backticks. For more information about keyboard shortcuts, see ' Keyboard shortcuts.' Quoting code You can quote an entire comment by clicking, then Quote reply. Tip: When viewing a conversation, you can automatically quote text in a comment by highlighting the text, then typing R. Quoted text is indented, with a different type color. StyleĬommand+ B (Mac) or Ctrl+ B (Windows/Linux)Ĭommand+ I (Mac) or Ctrl+ I (Windows/Linux) You can indicate emphasis with bold, italic, strikethrough, subscript, or superscript text in comment fields and.

Each heading title is listed in the table of contents and you can click a title to navigate to the selected section. When you use two or more headings, GitHub automatically generates a table of contents that you can access by clicking within the file header. # A first-level heading # A second-level heading # A third-level heading The number of # you use will determine the hierarchy level and typeface size of the heading. To create a heading, add one to six # symbols before your heading text.

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