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Is it possible to bold a portion of text within a code block in a github readme?
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To highlight code, write the name of the language the code is written in after the initial triple backticks. In the above example, the code is written in JavaScript, and hence javascript is added after triple backticks.
To link to multiple lines of highlighted code, select your first line of code and then CTRL+SHIFT click on the last line of code you want to highlight. Notice the URL is now appended with a range of line numbers (e.g. https://github.com/…/functions.php#L117-L148).
To bold text, add two asterisks or underscores before and after a word or phrase. To bold the middle of a word for emphasis, add two asterisks without spaces around the letters. I just love **bold text**.
The basic Markdown syntax allows you to create code blocks by indenting lines by four spaces or one tab. If you find that inconvenient, try using fenced code blocks. Depending on your Markdown processor or editor, you'll use three backticks ( ``` ) or three tildes ( ~~~ ) on the lines before and after the code block.
This answer on StackExchange Meta works on Github too:
Use a <pre> tag (or <pre><code>) instead of ```, and use <b> tags around the part you want bold.
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No you cannot style your code snippet with bold/emphasis/italics.
You can always make comments explaining parts of the code, if that's what you want to achieve by emphasizing bits of your code.
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