Github for Confluence

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GitHub for Confluence lets you put a file from a GitHub repository straight onto a Confluence page, where it renders live: code with syntax highlighting, Markdown as formatted text, diagrams as pictures, and images inline.

It comes with one macro, "Github file (Capable)", which you add either from Confluence's macro browser or simply by pasting a GitHub file link into the editor. Each person connects their own GitHub account, so people only ever see repositories they personally have access to. Public files need no connection at all and are visible to everyone, including logged-out readers.

The capability also adds a page byline showing which GitHub files a page contains, a "Github" section in the Capable app for browsing every page that references GitHub files, and search columns and filters so you can find those pages.

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OverviewWhat it is, how the two products differ, and what it costs you.Get startedBrowse repositories, select files, and render Markdown, diagrams, images, and other files directly on your pages.MacrosThe 1 macro GitHub ships, with every setting and its real default.How it worksHow GitHub behaves: 7 behaviours worth understanding before you rely on them.AdministrationEvery setting, where it lives, and who is allowed to change it.IntegrationsHow GitHub connects to the rest of Capable, and where it deliberately does not.ReferenceLimits, and the things that look like settings but are not available.Troubleshooting31 symptoms, grouped by where they bite.

Written against the app as it behaves today.