GitHub Tips and Tricks - hackforla/expunge-assist GitHub Wiki

Intro to formatting with markdown

If you're new to using GitHub and markdown, check out this handy guide about the basics of formatting text using markdown.

Change action items into Child Issues

Easily turn action items into child issues by hovering over the action item and clicking the issue icon (circle with center dot).

Using templates on existing issues

This is easily used with the above tip Change action items into Child Issues. When opening a new issue or updating an existing one, you may want to implement a template.

To implement a template:

  1. clear the issue description
  2. type / to open the command palette and add template to display the template options
  3. select desired template from the list