Github markdown won't end a list

Question

Writing a readme in github I run into the problem that if I want a paragraph of text after a list it interprets it as just more of the list:

* List item

More text

Shows up as:

• List item

  More text

I tried looking at a few other github repos but I can't tell why theirs are working and mine isn't.

example

Answer 1

You can also end a Markdown list using an HTML comment <!-- -->. The comment won't be visible in the rendered output and it works also on Stack Exchange sites.

It's just important to place the comment on a separate line after the list and put an empty line both before and after it.

The comment doesn't have to have any content:

- List item 1
- List item 2

<!-- end of the list -->

    code_block() {
    ...

Answer 2

You may add a new line after your list heading, and tab your list content. In this way when a new list is started it will be separate from previous list.