How do you indent a bulleted list in a README file using GitHub flavored markdown?

Question

I know I can use asterisks to do something like this:

but I was expecting something like ** to indent it one further. Is it possible?

score 264 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 13 '21 at 05:42

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Sub Lists in GFM(github-flavored-markdown) are done the ways represented below.

- Item 1
- Item 2
- Item 3
  - Sub Item 1
  - Sub Item 2
   
#^ two spaces

OR

* Item 1
* Item 2
* Item 3
  * Sub Item A
  * Sub Item B

Refer to this Cheatsheet

edited Oct 13 '21 at 05:42

j3App

answered Jan 02 '15 at 11:33

Adi

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Both of these worked for me, but I needed four spaces to indent the 2nd level bullets – Chris Halcrow Sep 04 '20 at 00:00
4

can this be done for numbered lists instead of bullets? – cryanbhu Nov 26 '20 at 04:35
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2-5 spaces worked for me, but you have to add a space and at least a character after the bullet point, like so: " * word" – rmutalik Oct 15 '21 at 05:48
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Also works for numbered lists – abc123 Oct 20 '21 at 14:23
Also work for check lists – George Adams Aug 05 '22 at 15:54
does this work when a list has breaks in between? – Avin Kavish Aug 15 '22 at 04:28

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