Markdown Dialects/Flavours GitHub Flavored Markdown
Example
GitHub Flavored Markdown (sometimes abbreviated to GFM) makes it easier to work with markdown on GitHub.com.
Key features of GFM include:
- code indentation
- task list support
- easy GitHub issue referencing
- automatic GitHub username and SHA detection
- automatic url detection
- emoji support
GFM examples
Syntax highlighting
With Markdown, a block of code can be generated with three backticks:
```
Without syntax highlighting, code written in C appears like this
#include <stdio.h>
int main(void)
{
printf("Hello World\n");
return (0);
}
However, with syntax highlighting, code written in C appears like this:
In order to highlight code, simply add an optional language identifier to enable syntax highlighting in your fenced code block.
```C
<code text here>
```
These enhancements are designed to improve the quality of documentation and conversation included in README files, gists, pull requests and issues on the platform.
