Waimakers · Repository update

Update your markitdown demo repo

If you cloned or downloaded the markitdown demo repository during the masterclass, this one-time update points your local copy at the official Waimakers repository and refreshes it. Takes about a minute.

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We've moved the markitdown demo to its official Waimakers repository. If you have a local copy from the masterclass, the steps below point it at the updated repository and refresh your files, so you keep working from the current official version. Nothing else on your computer is touched.

What to do

1

Open your folder

In a terminal, go inside the markitdown folder you cloned during the masterclass.

2

Paste & run

Pick your system below, copy the command, paste it into the terminal, and press Enter.

3

That's it

Your folder now tracks the official Waimakers repository, fully up to date.

The update command

Terminal — macOS / Linux 
# Run this INSIDE the markitdown folder you cloned during the masterclass
if git remote -v | grep -q markitdown; then
  rm -rf .git &&
  git init -b main &&
  git remote add origin https://github.com/waimakers/markitdown-mcp-new.git &&
  git fetch origin &&
  git reset --hard origin/main &&
  git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main &&
  git clean -fd &&
  echo "✅ Done — your folder now tracks the official Waimakers repo."
else
  echo "⚠️  This doesn't look like the markitdown folder. cd into it and try again."
fi
# Run this INSIDE the markitdown folder you cloned during the masterclass
if (git remote -v | Select-String markitdown) {
  Remove-Item -Recurse -Force .git
  git init -b main
  git remote add origin https://github.com/waimakers/markitdown-mcp-new.git
  git fetch origin
  git reset --hard origin/main
  git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main
  git clean -fd
  Write-Host "Done - your folder now tracks the official Waimakers repo."
} else {
  Write-Host "This doesn't look like the markitdown folder. cd into it and try again."
}

Verify it worked

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Run git remote -v — it should now point to waimakers/markitdown-mcp-new.
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Run git log --oneline — you should see the current official project history.
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The folder still works as the markitdown MCP exactly as before — just on the official repository.

Notes

Downloaded a ZIP instead of cloning? Then there is no Git history to update — simply delete the folder and, if you still need it, download the latest version from the link below.

Prefer a completely fresh copy? Delete the old folder, then run git clone https://github.com/waimakers/markitdown-mcp-new.git to start clean.

Keep your own work? The command preserves ignored files like a local .env; it only removes leftover files that belong to the old repository.

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This is an official Waimakers page. Before running anything, you can inspect exactly what you are switching to here: github.com/waimakers/markitdown-mcp-new.