# Footnotes now supported by GitHub's web interface

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/footnotes-now-supported-by-githubs-web-interface/3983>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [September 30, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/footnotes-now-supported-by-githubs-web-interface/3983 "2021-09-30T23:24:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/footnotes-now-supported-by-githubs-web-interface/3983/4 "2025-09-24T14:45:57Z")

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@samwilson, see:

> [@Footnotes and indentation](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/footnotes-and-indentation/2030):
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> While trying to implement footnotes, what would be the best indentation rules for continuation? Should it be done a bit similar to the way CommonMark is already working for list? PHP Markdown Extra and Pandoc for example require a fixed indentation of a tab, but in the philosophy of CommonMark shouldn’t we indent on the first non-whitespace char following the [^xxx]: This is a text[^1] [^1]: This is footnote \> This is quote block Tis is not a continuation

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