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A series of short books on ethical web development
https://ethicalweb.org
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GitHub linking #36

Closed contolini closed 8 years ago

contolini commented 8 years ago

When linking to GitHub files it's a good idea to link directly to a commit (doesn't matter which one), otherwise the lines you permalink to will be incorrect when the file is inevitably changed. Or if the file is moved or deleted down the road, it'll 404.

For example, do https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/blob/58d58408821f3ade93cae09cd33fdfa4b376d533/dist/.htaccess#L740-L774 instead of https://github.com/h5bp/server-configs-apache/blob/master/dist/.htaccess#L740-L774.

https://github.com/ascott1/ethical-web-dev/blob/master/web-apps-that-work-everywhere/04-web-performance.md#gzip

ascott1 commented 8 years ago

This is smart, especially in a book that mentions URL permanence.