This is a markdown text file

It's not code, it's plain text. You can document anything this way, from a quick note, through to writing a whole book.

You're welcome to edit this file to learn how the process works!

You can do formatting in markdown documents even though it's plain text. For example, by putting ** around the next words: this is now bold.

How to edit this file

1. Click the Edit icon (pencil) in the top right.
2. Make your changes using the on-screen editor.
3. At the bottom of the editor screen you'll see:
   1. Write a one line summary of what changed, i.e. "testing out editing"
   2. Commit directly to the yourusername-branch-1 branch.
   3. Push the big green button.
4. That's create a what's called a Pull Request, which is just a name for "proposed a change".
5. That takes you to the Pull Request page and you can write a note. "I'm making this change to understand how editing on GitHub works. Can you review my change, and if you agree with the edits I made, merge them in to the master document?"