Ah, actual markdown consideres single asterisks <em> and double <strong>.

On Aug 28, 2013, at 9:08 AM, Jeff Cross <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In app/scripts/controllers/GithubStatusController.js:
> 
> > @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GithubCard.prototype.update = function(count, total) {
> >    this.content = count;
> >  
> >    if (angular.isDefined(total)) {
> > -    this.note = 'out of ' + total;
> > +    this.note = 'out of **' + total + '**';
> The markdown parser expects a single asterisk, not double. Did you intend for the output to have asterisks on both sides of the number?
> 
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