What is the difference between README and README.md in GitHub projects?

Question

I\'ve noticed some GitHub projects have not only a README file, but also a README.md file.

What is the difference between these files? I kn

Answer 1

.md extension stands for Markdown, which Github uses, among others, to format those files.

Read about Markdown:

http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown

Also:

http://github.github.com/github-flavored-markdown/