1/23/19 UPDATE: Things have changed quite a bit (for the better) since my last answer. This updated answer will show you how to configure: Root apex (example.com) Sub-domain (www.example.com) HTTPS (optional but strongly encouraged) In the end, all requests to example.com will be re-directed to https://www.example.com (or http:// if you choose NOT to use HTTPS). … Read more
Ranking by stars or forks is not working. Each promoted or created by a famous company repository is popular at the beginning. Also it is possible to have a number of them which are in trend right now (publications, marketing, events). It doesn’t mean that those repositories are useful/popular. The gitmostwanted.com project (repo at github) … Read more
Use the <sup></sup>tag (<sub></sub> is the equivalent for subscripts). See this gist for an example.
TL;DR Use / in the file name field to create folder(s), e.g. typing folder1/file1 in the file name field will create a folder folder1 and a file file1. Original answer You cannot create an empty folder and then add files to that folder, but rather creation of a folder must happen together with adding of … Read more
Try adding a – before the [] or [x]. That’s an – followed by a blank space . Below is an example from Github blog. ### Solar System Exploration, 1950s – 1960s – [ ] Mercury – [x] Venus – [x] Earth (Orbit/Moon) – [x] Mars – [ ] Jupiter – [ ] Saturn – … Read more
After enabling Two Factor Authentication (2FA), you may see something like this when attempting to use git clone, git fetch, git pull or git push: $ git push origin master Username for ‘https://github.com’: your_user_name Password for ‘https://your_user_name@github.com’: remote: Invalid username or password. fatal: Authentication failed for ‘https://github.com/your_user_name/repo_name.git/’ Why this is happening From the GitHub Help … Read more
To reference a commit, simply write its SHA-hash, and it’ll automatically get turned into a link. See also: The Autolinked references and URLs / Commit SHAs section of Writing on GitHub.
There are a few Chrome plug-ins that work well. I’ve been using Markdown Preview Plus. After install, enable “Allow access to file URLs” in Extensions (menu > More tools > Extensions or enter URL chrome://extensions/ instead). Then drag-n-drop a Markdown file onto Chrome and use your favorite editor to edit.
If you use Markdown (README.md): Provided that you have the image in your repo, you can use a relative URL:  If you need to embed an image that’s hosted elsewhere, you can use a full URL  GitHub recommend that you use relative links with the ?raw=true parameter … Read more
You can run something like git ls-files | xargs wc -l Which will give you the total count → You can also add more instructions. Like just looking at the JavaScript files. git ls-files | grep ‘\.js’ | xargs wc -l Or use this handy little tool → https://line-count.herokuapp.com/