{"id":16904,"date":"2012-11-09T12:20:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T10:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=16904"},"modified":"2012-11-09T12:22:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T10:22:20","slug":"github-source-code-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/09\/github-source-code-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"GitHub source code editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Call me stupid, but that&#8217;s one awesome feature of <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\">GitHub<\/a> that I haven&#8217;t noticed until now &#8211; source code editor. \u00a0When you view a file in your repository, there is an &#8216;Edit&#8217; button on the toolbar above it. \u00a0That provides you with a simplistic text editor (with controls for tab\/space indentation and wrapping), as well as a commit log fields. \u00a0Here is how it looks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16905\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/09\/github-source-code-editor\/github-editor\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?fit=927%2C816&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"927,816\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"GitHub editor\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?fit=660%2C581&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-16905\" title=\"GitHub editor\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor-500x440.png?resize=500%2C440&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?resize=500%2C440&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?resize=510%2C448&amp;ssl=1 510w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?resize=710%2C624&amp;ssl=1 710w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?resize=538%2C474&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/GitHub-editor.png?w=927&amp;ssl=1 927w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not something that you would use for the majority of the coding of course, but it is a really nice option for quick edits all around. \u00a0Especially, if you have non-technical people in the project who edit README and other documentation files, and have no idea about Git at all.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Call me stupid, but that&#8217;s one awesome feature of GitHub that I haven&#8217;t noticed until now &#8211; 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