Markdown on GitHub: All commands

With Markdown you can make simple text on GitHub appealing and meaningful in no time. Here you will find the essential markdown commands for GitHub.

Github markdown: general text commands

Mark headings with # at the beginning of the line. The number of # indicates the rank of the heading, i.e. # for H1, ### for H3 or ###### for approximately H6.
Note that H1 is the highest rank and higher numbers descend in rank. Headings lower than 6 are not enough.
You can use bold and / or italic text for emphasis.
* Text * or _Text_ between simple * or _ becomes italic.
** Text ** or __Text__ between double * or _ becomes bold.
* And you __can combine it too *
With tildes you can also strike out text ~~ ~~.
You can create quotes or other highlighted blocks of text by introducing the corresponding lines of text with>.
You can set links by writing the [link text] in square brackets and immediately behind (www.denLink.de) in round brackets. So [link text] (www.denLink.de).
Images can be embedded in a similar way. After an exclamation mark, write the picture description in square brackets and put the picture link in round brackets directly behind it:! [Test picture] (www.dieBildURL.de)

You can create unsorted lists by starting each new point in a new line with * or -.
If you want to insert sub-items, put two spaces before * or -.
Numbered lists are recognized automatically. Simply start a new line with 1. In the next one, write the first 2 and so on.
Build tables with - and |. | separates two columns from each other, with - define the header.
For example, first write head 1 | Head 2. Then put ------ | in the second line below ------.
This specifies the number of columns in the table and you can then fill each row with content as required. Just remember that you are using the column separator | always put between the column contents.

You can embed code in Github in several ways.
Place the code in single quotation marks directly in a text block to make it easy to highlight `int test = 1`.
If you prefer to generate several lines of free-standing code, start each of these lines with four spaces.
Since this can be annoying, especially with longer blocks of code, Github also offers the option of fencing your code. Before and after the code, write a line with three quotation marks: `` ''.
If you also want Github to automatically recognize the syntax of your code and highlight it in color, write the name of the language in the introductory line of the "fence": `` `` javascript.

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