How do I prevent auto-generated links in the GitHub wiki?
You can use a zero-width space to prevent most auto-linkers from interpreting characters as a URL
Here's an example with a zero width space inserted between https
and :
https://example.com/
To insert one, you can copy from the url above or this page
See also this thread on twitter
Also, if you are having a issue with something other than a URL auto-linking I found escaping the . works as well.
Example:
foobar.web -> foobar.web
Update Nov. 2021, VSCode 1.63:
This issue should be allievated with issue 136198 "markdown preview wrongly creates links "
While
"markdown.preview.linkify": false
will disable linkify features entirely, settingmd.linkify.fuzzyLink
tofalse
will disable it only for links without http(s) header.
Which, I think, is a better alternative, and it's already supported by markdown-it.
Original answer (2014): This isn't limited to wiki page, and is part of the GFM (GitHub Flavored Markdown) url autolinking feature.
Putting them in `` can work but display the url as a code: foo http://example.com
bar.
foo `http://example.com` bar
Another trick (mentioned in this gist) is
ht<span>tp://</span>example.com
That will display http://example.com as regular text.
In your case (without the http://)
w<span>ww.</span>foobar.com
That would also display www.foobar.com as regular text.
geekley adds in the comments:
For emails, you can use
foo<span>@</span>example.com
Venryx suggests in the comments a shorter/cleaner solution:
Just add one of the void element tags (I prefer
<area>
), at a location that breaks the URL detectability, eg. right before the first dot.Example:
www<area>.foobar.com