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diff --git a/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py b/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
index e5b3350..87cdfc8 100644
--- a/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
+++ b/markdown/extensions/fenced_code.py
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ Language tags:
<pre><code class="python"># Some python code
</code></pre>
+Optionally backticks instead of tildes as per how github's code block markdown is identified.
+
Copyright 2007-2008 [Waylan Limberg](http://achinghead.com/).
Project website: <http://www.freewisdom.org/project/python-markdown/Fenced__Code__Blocks>
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ from markdown.extensions.codehilite import CodeHilite, CodeHiliteExtension
# Global vars
FENCED_BLOCK_RE = re.compile( \
- r'(?P<fence>^~{3,})[ ]*(\{?\.(?P<lang>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)\}?)?[ ]*\n(?P<code>.*?)(?P=fence)[ ]*$',
+ r'(?P<fence>^(?:~{3,}|`{3,}))[ ]*(\{?\.(?P<lang>[a-zA-Z0-9_-]*)\}?)?[ ]*\n(?P<code>.*?)(?P=fence)[ ]*$',
re.MULTILINE|re.DOTALL
)
CODE_WRAP = '<pre><code%s>%s</code></pre>'