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Readme file guides on GitHub: https://github.com/topics/readme
Stephen Whitmore Art of README
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Claire N Streb All Hail the README File!
GitHub: Open Source Guides
Richard Littauer Standard Readme
If you are a GitHub user named %username% and and create a repository at %username%.github.io and add a README.md file,
then the README file will be auto-magically be translated into HTML and will display as HTML when you go to https://%username%.github.io
.
This README is a good example. Go to readmeTips.github.io to see the result.
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