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When you link to a PDF file using:
[download this](file.pdf)
it downloads the pdf file. I have an excel workbook that I'd like to allow someone to download using:
[download this](file.xlsx)
When I click it, it takes me to create a new page in the wiki. Is there any markdown syntax I can add that identifies the link as something to download?
If I have to, I can save the excel workbook as a PDF, but it's not going to be pretty.
Thank you!
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On GitHub.com, navigate to the main page of the repository. Locate the code you'd like to link to: To link to code from a file, navigate to the file. To link to code from a pull request, navigate to the pull request and click Files changed.
Markdown just generates HTML, so this is you answer: Force to open “Save As…” popup open at text link click for pdf in HTML or href image link download on click. Just include the raw HTML in your Markdown.
First, try making a files subdirectory in your wiki, and putting your files in there.
I tried using an html anchor tag
<a href="files/file.csv" download="file.csv">download this</a>
instead of the markdown link syntax
[download this](files/file.csv)
but it seems that GitHub wiki strips out the download attribute from the anchor tag.
In the end, I zipped my spreadsheet in a zip file and had the markdown link point to the zip file.
[download this](files/file.csv.zip)
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