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GitHub Secret: Add a README to your Profile

Julian Pufler on July 09, 2020

So I just played around with the 'repository creation' page on GitHub and found a secret which I wasn't aware they added, so I thought I'd share it...
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Tom Chen

That's so great. I even added a pure CSS clock to show visitor staying time!

There's a bug I've just reported: for any h1/h2/h3/h4 headings, click the link icon on its left, then your user name under your avatar will be messed up!

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Julian Pufler

Nice find! What device did you experience this problem on? On mobile it seems to be not the case.

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Tom Chen

Virtually any desktop browser, I've tested chrome & firefox in win, safari & chrome in macos, all latest. Wide/normal screen only, mobile layout doesn't have the bug.

dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/...

But don't worry, I've reported to GitHub and expect it to be fixed soon.

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Julian Pufler

cool!

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Elango Sundar

I have created a repository for awesome github profile aims to collect the all awesome beautiful READMEs profile and make your Profile look good & Inspire other's.

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Kaushal

Awesome! This will add a nice touch to my GitHub profile. Thanks!!

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Elango Sundar

I have created a repository for awesome github profile aims to collect the all awesome beautiful READMEs profile and make your Profile look good & Inspire other's.

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Jonas Brømsø

Nice idea could you share GH URL so contributions can come flying?

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Jonas Brømsø

FOUND IT - I read the thread backwards - my bad

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Felipe Kinoshita

that's pretty neat, my github profile looks great now

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Julian Pufler

feel free to post a screenshot here! or you can also post your github profile link so I can check it out 👍

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Felipe Kinoshita

Oh nice! It is github.com/fhek789

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Jonas Brømsø

Looking for awesomeness and inspiration - not much there, did you remove it again?

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Felipe Kinoshita

yes i did! It was an image with github's dark mode background color as it's background with my name spelled in japanese on top of it!

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Tom Chen

What did you use to record GIF? screentogif?

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Julian Pufler

I record my screen using the native macOS screen recording app and then convert it to GIF using some random website, I normally just search for "video to gif" and then take the first one that comes up

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Vuelancer
  • youtu.be/x0Boemw9teU
  • I have created a video for markdown tutorial and demo for github profile readme!
  • kindly check it!