# Link back to main repo on each page in Documenter.jl

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-back-to-main-repo-on-each-page-in-documenter-jl/57444>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** documentation, documenter, github\
**Created:** [March 18, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-back-to-main-repo-on-each-page-in-documenter-jl/57444 "2021-03-18T06:21:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 18, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/link-back-to-main-repo-on-each-page-in-documenter-jl/57444/3 "2021-03-18T06:40:12Z")

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Agreed.

> [@Plea to package developers regarding documentation!](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plea-to-package-developers-regarding-documentation/37473):
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> Very serious topic ahead: Please please please can package developers put a link BACK to the source repo inside your documentation! Without it, the documentation becomes a trap. Randomly selected example: [StatsBase.jl Documentation · StatsBase.jl](https://juliastats.org/StatsBase.jl/stable/) It is becoming more common now that Google is taking me to documentation pages rather than the Github repo. I frequently flip back and forth between code and documentation, but this process is beyond cumbersome if the documentation contains no easily…

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