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Linking to code

This type of permanent link will render as a code snippet only in the repository it originated in. In other repositories, the permalink code snippet will render as a URL.

Tip

To create a permalink for an entire file, see "AUTOTITLE."

{% data reusables.repositories.navigate-to-repo %}

1. Locate the code you'd like to link to:

   • To link to code from a file, navigate to the file.
   • To link to code from a pull request, navigate to the pull request and click {% octicon "diff" aria-hidden="true" %} Files changed. Then, browse to the file that contains the code you want include in your comment, and click View. {% data reusables.repositories.choose-line-or-range %}

2. To the left of the line or range of lines, click {% octicon "kebab-horizontal" aria-label="Code line X options" %}. In the drop-down menu, click Copy permalink.

   

3. Navigate to the conversation where you want to link to the code snippet.

4. Paste your permalink into a comment, and click Comment.

Linking to Markdown

You can link to specific lines in Markdown files by loading the Markdown file without Markdown rendering. To load a Markdown file without rendering, you can use the ?plain=1 parameter at the end of the url for the file. For example, github.com/<organization>/<repository>/blob/<branch_name>/README.md?plain=1.

You can link to a specific line in the Markdown file the same way you can in code. Append #L with the line number or numbers at the end of the url. For example, github.com/<organization>/<repository>/blob/<branch_name>/README.md?plain=1#L14 will highlight line 14 in the plain README.md file.

Further reading

• "AUTOTITLE"
• "AUTOTITLE"