docs/content/github/writing-on-github/autolinked-references-and-urls.md

title, intro, redirect_from, versions

title	intro	redirect_from	versions
Autolinked references and URLs	References to URLs, issues, pull requests, and commits are automatically shortened and converted into links.	/articles/autolinked-references-and-urls	free-pro-team enterprise-server github-ae * * *

URLs

{% data variables.product.product_name %} automatically creates links from standard URLs.

Visit https://github.com

For more information on creating links, see "Basic writing and formatting syntax."

Issues and pull requests

Within conversations on {% data variables.product.product_name %}, references to issues and pull requests are automatically converted to shortened links. For more information, see "About conversations on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}."

{% note %}

Note: Autolinked references are not created in wikis or files in a repository.

{% endnote %}

Reference type	Raw reference	Short link
Issue or pull request URL	https://github.com/jlord/sheetsee.js/issues/26	#26
# and issue or pull request number	#26	#26
GH- and issue or pull request number	GH-26	GH-26
Username/Repository# and issue or pull request number	jlord/sheetsee.js#26	jlord/sheetsee.js#26
Organization_name/Repository# and issue or pull request number	github/linguist#4039	github/linguist#4039

Commit SHAs

References to a commit's SHA hash are automatically converted into shortened links to the commit on {% data variables.product.product_name %}.

Reference type	Raw reference	Short link
Commit URL	https://github.com/jlord/sheetsee.js/commit/a5c3785ed8d6a35868bc169f07e40e889087fd2e	a5c3785
SHA	a5c3785ed8d6a35868bc169f07e40e889087fd2e	a5c3785
User@SHA	jlord@a5c3785ed8d6a35868bc169f07e40e889087fd2e	jlord@a5c3785
Username/Repository@SHA	jlord/sheetsee.js@a5c3785ed8d6a35868bc169f07e40e889087fd2e	jlord/sheetsee.js@a5c3785

Custom autolinks to external resources

{% data reusables.repositories.autolink-references %}

Further reading

• "Basic writing and formatting syntax"