github picture path

Question

pictures can't show in github

I use markdown to write note, and when I want to add a picture, I do this:

![Alt desc](/home/user_name/repo_name/pic/pic_name "desc")

here comes a problem, when I git push the repo, the github coouldn't recognize the

absolute path in my computer

so my question is that what the picture path is in github and markdown file?

score 38 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

38

You're expected to use an absolute path to a http accessible image

If you're willing to link against your own repository, you should use the raw url format.

For instance, the following markdown

should display the following image

logo

Note: An alternate raw format is also supported. The image above can also be accessed through the following url: https://raw.github.com/libgit2/libgit2sharp/master/square-logo.png

Following your comment.

The following markdown in basic_option.md won't work.

> ![Alt vmware](https://github.com/liangxiao3/redhat_note/blob/master/pic/basic_vmware.jpg "vmware tool")

Switching it to the markdown below should fix this Indeed, you didn't use the raw url format (see above)

![Alt vmware](https://github.com/liangxiao3/redhat_note/raw/master/pic/basic_vmware.jpg)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Jun 07 '12 at 17:00

nulltoken

1

what is the format of this path? In my github repository, my pictures are in pic directory, how could I refer to it ? – iverson Jun 07 '12 at 17:20
Could you share your github repository http url and point at the failing link? – nulltoken Jun 07 '12 at 20:02
here comes my github redhat_note repository , `git://github.com/liangxiao3/redhat_note.git`, and u can check `basic_option.md`, there is a picture which can't display regularly – iverson Jun 08 '12 at 01:09
Thanks! It's weird though because sometimes it is `/raw/master/` and sometimes `/raw/main/`... I always struggled with that :-) – Antoine Jan 14 '23 at 21:22

score 8 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 07 '12 at 17:04

8

You can just use relative path, like ![](pic/pic_name.png).

answered Jun 07 '12 at 17:04

Gosha A

2

relative path is **not** uselful – iverson Jun 07 '12 at 17:15
1

when I click the fragment of picture, it could turn to the right place of the picture in github, but It can not display in the current page – iverson Jun 07 '12 at 17:16