Ask HN: Do you name Markdown files .md or .markdown? Why?

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Post by iamvery » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Do you name Markdown files .md or .markdown? Why?

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Post by lmm » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 4:51 PM UTC

.md in github because it's shorter. .markdown when using jekyll because it doesn't recognise .md.

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Post by iamvery » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 4:52 PM UTC

lmm wrote: post #2

.md in github because it's shorter. .markdown when using jekyll because it doesn't recognise .md.

Ah hah, I didn't realize jekyll made that distinction! Thanks for the info :+1:

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Post by kape » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 5:03 PM UTC

lmm wrote: post #2

.md in github because it's shorter. .markdown when using jekyll because it doesn't recognise .md.

Any special reason for this?

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Post by swanson » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 5:04 PM UTC

lmm wrote: post #2

.md in github because it's shorter. .markdown when using jekyll because it doesn't recognise .md.

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Post by roybarberuk » Mon, Nov 18, 2013, 5:18 PM UTC

.md for me, no idea why just saves keyboard taps i suppose :)