Markdown

Links

References

• Mastering MarkDown (GitHub flavor)

Tools

• Markdown viewer and editor (GitHub flavor)

Tips

Preview Markdown before pushing to GitHub

Use the wonderful tool GRIP — GitHub README Instant Preview.

sudo apt install grip
cd /my/repo
grip                      # Now, open up browser to http://localhost:6419/

Comments in Markdown

We abuse link tags [1]:

[//]: # (This may be the most platform independent comment)

Align images

To center image on GitHub [2]:

<p align="center">
  <img width="460" height="300" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/460/300">
</p>

To left/right align:

<img align="left" width="100" height="100" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/100/100">
<img align="right" width="100" height="100" src="http://www.fillmurray.com/100/100">