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Host is your user-defined name/alias for a particular server and demarcates entries per server: stylistically it's nice to indent the lines that follow the Host entry. HostName indicates the server's network addressable name like github.com, but you could use an IP address too. Host and HostName don't have to be the same thing, but yes, they are both integral to the ssh config format.

Mark Fox
– Mark Fox

2016-12-13 00:35:54 +00:00
Commented Dec 13, 2016 at 0:35

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create code fences with backticks ` or tildes ~
```
like so
```
add language identifier to highlight code
```python
def function(foo):
print(foo)
```
put returns between paragraphs
for linebreak add 2 spaces at end
_italic_ or **bold**
indent code by 4 spaces
backtick escapes `like _so_`
quote by placing > at start of line
to make links (use https whenever possible)

<https://example.com>

[example](https://example.com)

<a href="https://example.com">example</a>

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