- please please please don't put a $ at the start of shell commands in your READMEFeb 3, 2026 19:56
- Why not? (Genuinely)
- If a user uses the built in "copy" button in Github's markdown renderer to copy the bash command, they then get the $ at the front as well forcing them to manually delete the $ before running
- Ah right. Thanks for clarity. For some reason I was thinking of the cases where one shows both the command and output. Yeah for command only that 100% makes sense.