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Task lists in all markdown documents - The GitHub Blog
Task lists in all markdown documents
Task lists in issues, comments, and pull request descriptions are incredibly useful for project coordination and keeping track of important items. Starting today, we are adding read-only task lists to…
April 28, 2014
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Updated February 11, 2022
Task lists in issues, comments, and pull request descriptions are incredibly useful for project coordination and keeping track of important items. Starting today, we are adding read-only task lists to all Markdown documents in repositories and wikis. So now, when you write:
### Solar System Exploration, 1950s – 1960s
- [ ] Mercury
- [x] Venus
- [x] Earth (Orbit/Moon)
- [x] Mars
- [ ] Jupiter
- [ ] Saturn
- [ ] Uranus
- [ ] Neptune
- [ ] Comet Haley
It will render like this, everywhere on GitHub:
Edit the document or wiki page and use the - [ ]
and - [x]
syntax to update your task list.
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