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Just curious, how does github manages to render org files so flawlessly, including embedded code snippets. I thought emacs was the only popular environment supporting org files.



Github seems to play quite well with Org. Little known fact: If you give your repo a README.org instead of a README.md, github will show that file just like how it shows a regular README.md.


Unfortunately, the same can't be said of Bitbucket. At one point I voted for or commented on a feature request for it, and I pretty routinely get notified when someone else discovers the lack of org-mode support on Bitbucket.

At this point, I'm convinced Atlassian hates happiness, or there is some shameful architectural reason why they cannot support more than Markdown for their READMEs. Given the number of vociferous responses to that feature request, there would appear to demand.


> I thought emacs was the only popular environment supporting org files.

Pandoc has a pretty decent Org Mode parser and writer.




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