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json-in-markdown.md

What happens if you tell GitHub it's JSON

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

Use jsonc as the language instead

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

Or just tell GitHub it's JavaScript

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

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	{
	"hello": "world" // I want my comments!
	}

ElectricRCAircraftGuy commented Jan 25, 2023 •

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Thanks! I just wrote about this here, and referenced you: Stack Overflow: Can comments be used in JSON?

whyboris commented Jun 2, 2023

Testing today:

```json

{
  "hello": "world" // comment
}

```jsonc

{
  "hello": "world" // comment
}

```json5

{
  "hello": "world" // comment
}

tskxz commented Nov 6, 2024 •

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testing

{
  "test": 1234 // using jsonc
}

atticus-arctiq commented May 8, 2025

What happens if you tell GitHub it's JSON

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

Use jsonc as the language instead

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

Or just tell GitHub it's JavaScript

{
  "hello": "world" // I want my comments!
}

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