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		lifeisstillgood on Nov 23, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git Branches: Intuition and Reality Just to go off on a tangent - that's a pretty neat diagram for a throw away comment. was that just careful spacing in the HN textbox or did you use a tool - which one ? :-)

grodriguez100 on Nov 23, 2023 [–]

“Text after a blank line that is indented by two or more spaces is reproduced verbatim. (This is intended for code.)”

Looks like this also switches to a monospaced font, which makes it easier to draw ASCII art.

  This should be rendered using a monospaced font. 
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