Automatic TOC in github-flavoured-markdown

Question

Is it possible to generate an automatic Table of Contents using Github Flavoured Markdown?

Answer 1

This is a not a direct answer to this question as so many people have provided workarounds. I don't think generating a TOC has been officially supported by Github yet to-date. If you want GitHub to render a Table of Contents on their GFM preview pages automatically, please participate the discussion on the official feature request issue.