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Checkboxes not working with markdown in Bitbucket

I have the following code for checkboxes,


### Pre-requisites

- [ ] You should have done the Verilog parsign of all the files (../parse_verilog/)
- [ ] You should have generated CDFGs for all the modules (../gen_cdfg/)

which appears in Bitbucket like the following (with bullets instead of checkboxes) bullets

What could be the reason?

Update (2-Jul-2020) If Bitbucket enables this feature, please post a comment below.

Solution

  • Checkboxes are a non-standard Markdown feature, which are not supported by most Markdown implementations. Bitbucket documents their Markdown implementation here.

    Bitbucket Server uses Markdown for formatting text, as specified in CommonMark (with a few extensions).

    Note that Commonmark does not include support for checkboxes, and they are not listed among the extensions in Bitbucket's documentation. Therefore, it should be safe to assume that they are not supported.