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authorSytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com>2016-04-05 18:03:02 +0000
committerSytse Sijbrandij <sytse@gitlab.com>2016-04-05 18:03:02 +0000
commit79d6513f360d7d305b4276777973dfd991c347f8 (patch)
tree1990ce03c85ed914be654c82b52e247775ee5e35
parentc61fe245295d8fbb98ead70cbc48ece2905bb4b6 (diff)
parent400a7b995de5c35fa3a2df83e08867c736f72324 (diff)
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Merge branch 'markdown-attribution' into 'master'
Attribution where it is due. Inspired by https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11431969 See merge request !3546
-rw-r--r--doc/markdown/markdown.md14
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/markdown/markdown.md b/doc/markdown/markdown.md
index e6eb1cf3819..75d55b34171 100644
--- a/doc/markdown/markdown.md
+++ b/doc/markdown/markdown.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
_GitLab uses the [Redcarpet Ruby library][redcarpet] for Markdown processing._
-For GitLab we developed something we call "GitLab Flavored Markdown" (GFM). It extends the standard Markdown in a few significant ways to add some useful functionality.
+For GitLab uses "GitLab Flavored Markdown" (GFM). It extends the standard Markdown in a few significant ways to add some useful functionality. It was inspired by [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax/).
You can use GFM in
@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ You can also use other rich text files in GitLab. You might have to install a de
GFM honors the markdown specification in how [paragraphs and line breaks are handled](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p).
-A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.
+A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.
Line-breaks, or softreturns, are rendered if you end a line with two or more spaces
- Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]
+ Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
-Roses are red
+Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ It is not reasonable to italicize just _part_ of a word, especially when you're
perform_complicated_task
do_this_and_do_that_and_another_thing
-perform_complicated_task
+perform_complicated_task
do_this_and_do_that_and_another_thing
## URL auto-linking
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *sepa
This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
-This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
+This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two
spaces.
```
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ This line is separated from the one above by two newlines, so it will be a *sepa
This line is also begins a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
-This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
+This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two
spaces.