GitHub’s profile README trick makes your homepage yours
Monica Powell shared a neat trick this week: create a repository matching your GitHub username, and its README.md shows up on your profile page.
“The profile README is created by creating a new repository that’s the same name as your username,” Powell explained. “For example, my GitHub username is m0nica so I created a new repository with the name m0nica.”
Testing the trick yourself is easy
Trying it out takes seconds. Head over to repo.new, create a repo on your personal account with the exact same name as your username, and initialize it with just a README. That file appears above your usual list of popular repositories.
Editing that README directly on GitHub’s web interface works fine. Since the site strips CSS, Powell notes you’ll have to get creative. One of her favorites is Kaya Thomas’ profile, which uses an old-school <img align="right"> to pull off a floating image effect.
Powell copied the Markdown bio from her website into the README, committed the change, and her profile immediately reflected it. “Maybe I’ll get around to doing something more fun with it someday,” she wrote.
Powell’s full post has plenty more examples if you’re looking for inspiration.
