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GitHub Flavored Renderers - Serves as a comprehensive reference guide for writing and formatting documents using GitHub Flavored Markdown syntax.
Syntax References - Serves as a comprehensive reference guide for GitHub Flavored Markdown syntax used in README files.
README Authoring Guides - Provides instructional resources for writing and structuring the primary documentation file of a repository.
GitHub Flavored - Provides a reference for parsing markdown text into HTML using GitHub's extended syntax rules.
Document Authoring Environments - Provides a comprehensive reference for creating structured technical documentation with tables, images, and callout blocks.
README Generators - Documents how to structure and style README files on GitHub using Markdown, including images, links, and emojis.
Syntax References - Serves as a comprehensive reference guide for GitHub Flavored Markdown syntax used in README files.
Semantic Alert Blocks - Documents how to render callout boxes with NOTE, TIP, WARNING, and CAUTION labels in GitHub Markdown.
Markdown Table Layouts - Documents how to create structured tables in Markdown using pipes and dashes to organize data into rows and columns.
Markdown Table Builders - Explains how to arrange data into rows and columns with optional alignment using Markdown table syntax.
Column Alignment Syntaxes - Documents the colon-dash notation for aligning table columns left, center, or right in Markdown.
Emoji Shortcode Resolvers - Documents how colon-wrapped emoji shortcodes are converted into corresponding Unicode emoji characters.
External Hyperlinks - Documents how to link to external URLs or files inside the same repository using inline or reference-style syntax.
GitHub Alert Syntax - Documents the syntax for rendering callout boxes with NOTE, TIP, WARNING, and CAUTION labels.
Image Insertion Utilities - Explains how to embed an image from a URL or relative repository path with optional alt text and hover title.
Emoji Insertion Tools - Documents how to display an emoji by typing its shortcode between colons, matching the GitHub emoji set.
Code Inline Styling - Explains how to wrap inline code, file paths, or short commands in backticks to distinguish code from prose.
Diff - Shows how to display file changes with green additions and red deletions using plus and minus prefix syntax.
Defect-Focused Diff Highlighters - Shows how to highlight added lines in green and removed lines in red to display file changes.
Status Badges - Explains how to embed image badges from external services like Shields.io to display status or metrics.

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