Article version: Enterprise Server 3.0
Article version: Enterprise Server 3.0
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You can add a README file to your repository to tell other people why your project is useful, what they can do with your project, and how they can use it.
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About READMEs
You can add a README file to a repository to communicate important information about your project. A README, along with a repository license and contribution guidelines, communicates expectations for your project and helps you manage contributions.
To add image into GitHub README.md file, first upload the image into the GitHub repository. First check if there is any changes in the (remote) GitHub repository, if there is any, then pull the. Browse other questions tagged github readme or ask your own question. The Overflow Blog How often do people actually copy and paste from Stack Overflow? Podcast 331: One in four visitors to Stack Overflow copies code. Featured on Meta Stack Overflow for. Fill out the “Repository name” field with your Github username. Your handle must match the “Owner” field just to the left of the repo name field. Click the checkbox that indicates you would like to initialize the repository with a README. Finally, click on “Create Repository”. The ReadME Project features the stories of the people behind open source. We want this to be an engaging destination for you, so please send us feedback and contribute your ideas that can inspire and inform all of us. We’ll continue to shine the light on individuals, but you can expect us to experiment with some new projects along the way. May 16, 2019 Badges are a really important part of any GitHub readme as it not just tells you but also the reader how many forks this repository has, how many issues have been raised till now, and also gives.
For more information about providing guidelines for your project, see 'Setting up your project for healthy contributions.'
A README is often the first item a visitor will see when visiting your repository. README files typically include information on:
- What the project does
- Why the project is useful
- How users can get started with the project
- Where users can get help with your project
- Who maintains and contributes to the project
If you put your README file in your repository's root,
docs
, or hidden .github
directory, GitHub Enterprise Server will recognize and automatically surface your README to repository visitors.If you add a README file to the root of a public repository with the same name as your username, that README will automatically appear on your profile page. You can edit your profile README with GitHub Flavored Markdown to create a personalized section on your profile. For more information, see 'Managing your profile README.'
Section links in README files and blob pages
Many projects use a table of contents at the start of a README to direct users to different sections of the file. You can link directly to a section in a rendered file by hovering over the section heading to expose the link:
Relative links and image paths in README files
You can define relative links and image paths in your rendered files to help readers navigate to other files in your repository.
A relative link is a link that is relative to the current file. For example, if you have a README file in root of your repository, and you have another file in docs/CONTRIBUTING.md, the relative link to CONTRIBUTING.md in your README might look like this:
GitHub Enterprise Server will automatically transform your relative link or image path based on whatever branch you're currently on, so that the link or path always works. You can use all relative link operands, such as
./
and ./
.Relative links are easier for users who clone your repository. Absolute links may not work in clones of your repository - we recommend using relative links to refer to other files within your repository.
Further reading
- 'Adding a file to a repository'
- 18F's 'Making READMEs readable'
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GitHub recently released a feature that allows users to create a profile-level README to display prominently on their GitHub profile. This article walksthrough how to access this new feature. I'll also be sharing some fun GitHub profiles I've seen so far. I'd love it if you shared yours with me on Twitter @indigitalcolor.
The above GIF shows what my README looks like at the time of this writing. You may notice I was recently selected to be GitHub star!
Table of Contents
Why READMEs?
The GitHub profile-level README feature allows more content than the profile bio, supports markdown which means you can play around with the content more visually (Did someone say GIFs!?) and the README is significantally more visible as it is placed above pinned repositories and takes up as much space above the fold of the webpage as you like.
A solid README is a core-component of well-documented software and often encourages collaboration by sharing helpful context with contributors. In my opinion, a profile-level README seems like a great extension of a convention a lot of GitHub users are already familiar with. If you're looking to make project-level READMEs more awesome and helpful check out matiassingers/awesome-readme for resources and examples of compelling READMEs.
How do I create a profile README?
The profile README is created by creating a new repository that’s the same name as your username. For example, my GitHub username is m0nica so I created a new repository with the name m0nica. Note: at the time of this writing, in order to access the profile README feature, the letter-casing must match your GitHub username.
Github Readme Img
Already have a repo-named username/username?
If you are interested in setting up a profile-level README then you can rename the repositoryor repurpose its existing README based on what makes the most sense in your particular situation.
- Create a new repository with the same name (including casing) as your GitHub username: https://github.com/new
- Create a README.md file inside the new repo with content (text, GIFs, images, emojis, etc.)
- Commit your fancy new README!
- If you're on GitHub's web interface you can choose to commit directly to the repo's main branch (i.e.,
master
ormain
) which will make it immediately visible on your profile)
- If you're on GitHub's web interface you can choose to commit directly to the repo's main branch (i.e.,
- Push changes to GitHub (if you made changes locally i.e., on your computer and not github.com)
Fun READMEs
The GitHub README profiles are written in Markdown which means you aren't just limited to texts and links, you can include GIFs and images. Xampp wordpress mac. Need to brush up on Markdown Syntax? Check out this Markdown Cheatsheet.
hey, check out the new @github profile README! this is a really nice addition — I love that we can add some context (and/or nonsense) to our GitHub profiles now ?
see mine: https://t.co/Cvrch1DVFD
thanks to @cassidoo for the heads up that this went live! pic.twitter.com/xMTeBgRLh0
— Jason Lengstorf (@jlengstorf) July 9, 2020see mine: https://t.co/Cvrch1DVFD
thanks to @cassidoo for the heads up that this went live! pic.twitter.com/xMTeBgRLh0
It's not as creative as @sudo_overflow's readme, but here's what I came up with. I also plan on adding some text below the image with links to my resume, etc. pic.twitter.com/C6b8tNDo1z
— donavon 'wyld' west (@donavon) July 9, 2020Github Readme Template
Is this how we suppose use github's readme? pic.twitter.com/XvLvCUC6iD
— Pouya (@Saadeghi) July 9, 2020If you're really ambitious you can use GitHub actions or other automation like bdougieYO or simonw to dynamically pull data into your README:
Github Readme Gif
Check it out. I made MySpace but on @github.https://t.co/p4DWP4DxRR - My list is power by a GitHub Action workflow ? pic.twitter.com/PN80mFCqOE
Github Readme Markdown
— bdougie on the internet (@bdougieYO) July 10, 2020Made myself a self-updating GitHub personal README! It uses a GitHub Action to update itself with my latest GitHub releases, blog entries and TILs https://t.co/Eve7FOrwYKpic.twitter.com/oJPXLtFdgM
— Simon Willison (@simonw) July 10, 2020Serverless functions can also be used to dynamically generate information (for example your current Spotify activity):
I embedded a @Spotify Now Playing widget in my @github profile README!
It's an SVG rendered on the fly via @vercel serverless function, included in the README via <img> tag.
Supremely over-engineered, but I discovered lots of fun hacks in the process.https://t.co/Z8TBE9WxRypic.twitter.com/wdKw0maPKp
— Nate Moore (@n_moore) July 12, 2020It's an SVG rendered on the fly via @vercel serverless function, included in the README via <img> tag.
Supremely over-engineered, but I discovered lots of fun hacks in the process.https://t.co/Z8TBE9WxRypic.twitter.com/wdKw0maPKp
I'm a huge proponent that folks should maintain a website they have complete ownership over (even if it's a no-code website solution) but this is tempting..
I just created my @github profile README as well with a bunch of badges. This is really a brilliant idea. We may no longer need to maintain our personal website. We can write blogs as issues, manage Wiki and task board, free traffic analytics and CI/CD. https://t.co/zSXZKT6a20pic.twitter.com/mK9OWXG9iH
— Yuan Tang (@TerryTangYuan) July 10, 2020hey, so we heard ya & are trying out a thing where you CAN have a readme on your @github profile.. @mikekavouras built it btw! re: https://t.co/UC6q3qHjjRpic.twitter.com/kB0kafgovY
— kathy ☁️ (@pifafu) May 27, 2020I've been inspired by the creative READMEs I've seen so far and am looking forward to seeing all kinds of profiles in the upcoming months.
This article was published on July 11, 2020.