How to create a Github “about me” section!

Recently, GitHub released a new feature where you're able to add a sweet general section for text and any other content you desire to display. Github refers to the section as their “about me”. I thought this was really neat. As I figure out how to edit my own GitHub “about me” section, I’ll guide you through the steps.

1. Create a repository with a name that matches your GitHub username.

Assuming you have a Github account and you’re all signed in; in the upper-right corner of any page, locate and click on the drop-down menu, then select “New repository”.

Once here you’ll be asked to name your repository. Here is where you want to make sure you name it the same as your username, in my case I named mine trujivan.

2. Make that your new repository public.

As the cute green note displays, you want to make sure this repository is public! How else will people enjoy how awesome you are?!

3. Make sure that the same repository contains a file named README.md in its root.

If you did all these steps correctly up until this point, your window should look like this:

4. Select create repository.

When you go back to your main profile you’ll see a screen like this appear, this is your new “about me” section:

5. Fill your README.md file with any content!

To edit it click on the little pencil on the top right corner on your main profile or on the repository page, both pencil clicks will direct you here:

This is the fun part! Where you can start customizing your “about me” as much as you want, however you want! You’ll want to make sure you’re using Markdown since that is the language of .md files. Using the correct markdown language commands you’ll be able to add pictures, gifs, links… etc!

Thank you for coming this far with me! I hope I have made the process simple and easy for you to implement into your own profile.