Reading Note on notation

Last updated: January 4, 2023

Placeholders

Throughout this course, I am using the < and > signs to indicate that an expression needs to be replaced by the information appropriate to your situation (without those signs).

Code blocks

White background

Any code with such placeholder that you need to edit has a white background.

Example:

git remote add <remote-name> <remote-address>

Gray background

Code that can be run without any modification has a gray background.

Example:

git remote -v

Inline code

I follow the same rule in inline code. In addition, names of Git pointers and paths have a white background to distinguish them more easily from actual code.

Example:

This is how I write the master branch and HEAD (2 pointers) and this is how I write /some/path . In contrast, actual code such as git status is formatted in gray.

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