Open in GitHub

Provides commands to quickly view the current file on GitHub/Bitbucket.

Installation

Launch VS Code Quick Open (⌘+P), paste the following command, and type enter.

ext install vscode-open-in-github

Usage

When editing a file, use the command palette (cmd + shift + p / ctrl + shift + p) to:

• Open the file in GitHub — "Open In GitHub: File"
• Open the blame in GitHub — "Open In GitHub: Blame"
• Open the history in GitHub — "Open In GitHub: History"
• Copy GitHub URL for a file — "Copy GitHub URL: File"
• Copy GitHub URL for blame for a file — "Copy GitHub URL: Blame"
• Copy GitHub URL for history for a file — "Copy GitHub URL: History"

Features

• Supports multiple remotes and branches.
• Supports in-house GitHub installations.
• Works with Bitbucket and Gitlab.
• Configurable default branch.
• Open/Copy multiline selection.
• Open/Copy current revision.

Configuration

Add these lines to the workspace settings:

{
  ...
  "openInGitHub.defaultBranch": "master",
  "openInGitHub.defaultRemote": "origin",
  "openInGithub.maxBuffer": 512000,

  
  // When enabled skips branch detection and always uses default branch.
  "openInGitHub.alwaysUseDefaultBranch": false,

  // Determines whether to disable URL suggestions for the current revision (commit SHA)
  "openInGitHub.excludeCurrentRevision": false,

  // Allows mapping from one remote to another when generating a URL
  "openInGitHub.remoteURLMapping": {
    "https://mirror.github.com": "https://github.com",
  }
  ...
}

Links

Logo taken from here: https://octodex.github.com/