Finding and fixing GitHub embeds

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Once GitHub files are spread across a site, two questions come up: where are they, and why is this one not showing? This section answers both, and points to the troubleshooting page for each message you might see.

#Common tasks

You want to

Go to

List every page that holds a GitHub file

Find Confluence pages that use GitHub files

Make a macro fetch the latest version now

Refresh a GitHub file on a Confluence page

Fix a macro that shows an error

Macro shows an error, and the file used to be there

Fix a page byline that shows Git: error

Page byline: GitHub

Fix a GitHub file missing from a PDF or Word export

Exported the page to PDF or Word and the GitHub file is missing

Understand the amber note on a published Capable Site

On a published Capable Site the file is replaced by an amber note

See every known problem

Troubleshooting

#Guides in this section

Find Confluence pages that use GitHub filesList every Confluence page that holds a GitHub file, by repository, organisation or file type.Refresh a GitHub file on a Confluence pageMake a Github file macro fetch the latest version of its file without reloading or editing the page.

Know where your files are, and why one is missing.