This is a sandbox repository. Things can be created and destroyed and played with at random here.
Don't be shy; have fun. To get started: ask for edit access by opening an issue!
This repo is associated with the USF Libraries workshop "GitHub 101". Slides for that presentation can be found here.
The gh-pages branch contains files that were copied from an instructional materials template.
The history of commits there is expansive.
Additionally gh-pages is a special branch name in GitHub; this is a branch name that is commonly used to create "GitHub Pages" websites.
Markdown is a fancy markup language that allows you to add formatting to raw text. This README.md is a markdown document including examples. More details can be found on the markdown wikipedia page.
For software packages, badges are often included in the README to show the status of the package.
These badges are images served from a 3rd party who keeps track of the package status, and updates the image at your link.
Below is an example badge.
