Pandoc is generating markdown that differs from GitHub-flavored markdown. In particular, it's not using the correct GH-flavored markdown for syntax highlighting.
Pandoc also supports GH-flavored markdown, using the type markdown_github instead of markdown; but just changing that in the pre-commit hook breaks the .rst generation.
Pandoc is generating markdown that differs from GitHub-flavored markdown. In particular, it's not using the correct GH-flavored markdown for syntax highlighting.
Interestingly, just deleting the README.md file (and retaining the README.rst file) fixes this issue, see https://github.com/eklitzke/okcupyd/tree/syntax
Pandoc also supports GH-flavored markdown, using the type
markdown_githubinstead ofmarkdown; but just changing that in the pre-commit hook breaks the .rst generation.