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 Check GitHub
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-Check `GitHub <https://github.com/>` for updates. The version returned is in date format `%Y%m%d`, e.g. `20130701`.
+Check `GitHub <https://github.com/>` for updates. The version returned is in date format ``%Y%m%d``, e.g. ``20130701``.
 
 github
-  The github repository, with author, e.g. `lilydjwg/nvchecker`.
+  The github repository, with author, e.g. ``lilydjwg/nvchecker``.
 
 Other
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