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GitHub's spec here is based on [CommonMark][1], which has been around for a while now, and [was originally authored][2] by a group of representatives from GitHu
by Ajedi32 10y ago
GitHub's spec here is based on [CommonMark][1], which has been around for a while now, and [was originally authored][2] by a group of representatives from GitHub, Reddit, and Stack Exchange.
[1]: http://commonmark.org/ http://commonmark.org/
[2]: https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-flavored-markdown/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/standard-flavored-markdown/
- LoSboccacc 10y agobased on, compatible with, or is common mark? I'd hate to see them pushing a different spec around, that would solve nothing
- Ajedi32 10y ago> based on, compatible with, or is common mark? The first two. [The GFM spec][1] is literally just CommonMark with a few extra extensions added. They even highlighted the new sections green in the spec to make it clear where the GFM spec differs from CommonMark. Everything else is word-for-word identical. [1]: https://github.github.com/gfm/ https://github.github.com/gfm/
- jjnoakes 10y agoSome quick reading of the linked article says this spec provides a few optional, superset features on top of CommonMark, that it did not contain (like tables, etc).