_GitLab uses the [Redcarpet Ruby library][redcarpet] for Markdown processing._
For GitLab we developed something we call "GitLab Flavored Markdown" (GFM). It extends the standard Markdown in a few significant ways to add some useful functionality.
For GitLab uses "GitLab Flavored Markdown" (GFM). It extends the standard Markdown in a few significant ways to add some useful functionality. It was inspired by [GitHub Flavored Markdown](https://help.github.com/articles/basic-writing-and-formatting-syntax/).
You can use GFM in
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GFM honors the markdown specification in how [paragraphs and line breaks are handled](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#p).
A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.
A paragraph is simply one or more consecutive lines of text, separated by one or more blank lines.
Line-breaks, or softreturns, are rendered if you end a line with two or more spaces
Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]
Roses are red [followed by two or more spaces]
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
Roses are red
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
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perform_complicated_task
do_this_and_do_that_and_another_thing
perform_complicated_task
perform_complicated_task
do_this_and_do_that_and_another_thing
## URL auto-linking
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This line is also a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two
spaces.
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This line is also begins a separate paragraph, but...
This line is only separated by a single newline, so it's a separate line in the *same paragraph*.
This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is also a separate paragraph, and...
This line is on its own line, because the previous line ends with two