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		niggler on April 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Add .txt As the Extension of Your Readme file Do people use README or README.md for README files formatted in markdown?

VeejayRampay on April 30, 2013 [–]

README.md or README.markdown which IIRC is the proper extension for markdown files since .md had already been claimed by some other (now most likely obscure) file format prior to Markdown's rise to stardom.

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