Terraform's repository Markdown separates using the product from developing the product, an important pattern for projects with large user and contributor populations.
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Angular's repository entry point shows how large projects separate end-user docs, developer setup, governance, and contribution rules while preserving a clear canonical starting page.
The Mastering Ethereum repository shows how a technical book can be maintained as open source with Markdown/AsciiDoc-adjacent workflows, contribution rules, editions, translations, and reproducible builds.
The System Design Primer turns one long Markdown entry point into a navigable learning graph of concepts, trade-offs, diagrams, exercises, and references.
The OpenAI Cookbook treats examples as reusable knowledge objects: the README explains scope and routes developers into practical notebooks and guides rather than duplicating them.
Rust's repository README primarily routes contributors to build instructions, governance, code of conduct, licensing, and canonical language resources.