After knitting and rendering LandRCBM_split3pools.Rmd, overwrite this file with a symlink to LandRCBM_split3pools.md.

E.g., on Linux/macOS from terminal:

cd C:/Users/docaron/Documents/Repos/LandRCBM_split3pools
rm README.md && ln -s LandRCBM_split3pools.md README.md