GitHub Markdown – How to Embed a Gist into README.md

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Is it possible to embed gists into README.md file that resides in a GitHub repository?

Something like:

<code id="gist-3167145"></code>

Best Answer

Update : My answer works with github pages, built via jekyll. I use the script tags in markdown which is then processed by jekyll.

Since markdown supports html, one can simply use the <script> tag to embed gist.

Simply copy the embed url of the gist provided by github

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..and paste it in you markdown file.

Example : Copy the below and paste in your markdown file.

<script src="https://gist.github.com/nisrulz/11c0d63428b108f10c83.js"></script>

..and this is what you will get

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