Intro to git

Block 3.3: Let’s Get Writing

Jan Simson

Markdown

Markdown is a simple language for basic text formatting

• Markdown is widely used for simple text documents
• It’s used by GitHub Pages for content formatting
• It’s also used for READMEs
  • These are files describing a repository / giving an introduction
  • They will be shown by default when you open a repository on a hosting website
• Example 🐍

Markdown: The Basics

Markdown is a simple language for basic text formatting

# Big heading
## Slightly smaller heading
### Even smaller heading

Normal text
*italic text*
**thick text**

- A
- Simple
- List

Markdown: The Basics

Example of the markdown code from before, but now rendered

Practical: README 📚️

1. Add a README to your git-example repository

• Examples
  • https://github.com/pcottle/learnGitBranching
  • https://github.com/microsoft/vscode
  • https://github.com/iterative/dvc

🎉 Bonus Practical: learngitbranching #2

1. Go to https://learngitbranching.js.org/
2. Finish Lessons 1 - 6 in the remote section on the website

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