GitHub recently released a feature that lets you introduce yourself to the GitHub community, using more visual contents such as pictures, GIFs, links, and everything else you can add to a normal README file, because it is markdown, which means you control the display of the document.
Now, there is a chance to give visitors a broad snapshot of who we are, as we highlight our skills and projects.
I will show you how to unlock this feature, and also share interesting use cases by users around the world.
To unlock this feature…
Create a new repository using the exact name as your GitHub username. For instance, my username is giwajossy, so the new repository had to be giwajossy.
Note: The naming is case-sensitive – at the time of this writing. Also, repositories are public by default, if you make it private, it won’t work.
Repository successfully created!
So I designed a banner, and placed it atop my new bio. Nothing too fancy!
Some Interesting use cases by other GitHub users
Made myself a self-updating GitHub personal README! It uses a GitHub Action to update itself with my latest GitHub releases, blog entries and TILs github.com/simonw03:49 AM - 10 Jul 2020
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Nate Moore@n_moore
I embedded a @Spotify Now Playing widget in my @github profile README!
It's an SVG rendered on the fly via @vercel serverless function, included in the README via <img> tag.
Supremely over-engineered, but I discovered lots of fun hacks in the process.
github.com/natemoo-re/nat…14:50 PM - 12 Jul 2020
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Check it out. I made MySpace but on @github.
github.com/bdougie - My list is power by a GitHub Action workflow 😏21:19 PM - 10 Jul 2020
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When you're not a designer so you try code something cool for your @github profile intro.
Code -> MP4 -> GIF
#Github #JavaScript08:41 AM - 09 Jul 2020
hey, check out the new @github profile README! this is a really nice addition — I love that we can add some context (and/or nonsense) to our GitHub profiles now 😍
see mine: github.com/jlengstorf
thanks to @cassidoo for the heads up that this went live!00:45 AM - 09 Jul 2020
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kathy ☁️@pifafu
hey, so we heard ya & are trying out a thing where you CAN have a readme on your @github profile...
@mikekavouras built it btw! re: twitter.com/pifafu/status/…22:33 PM - 27 May 2020kathy ☁️ @pifafu👋 hiii—if you use @github, i was wondering: what are some of the things you would want others on GitHub to know about you?
Thanks for reading!
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