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Create git open command#

This command will open the current repo in the browser

  1. Create a bin folder in user profile directory

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    ``` bash
cd ~
mkdir bin
```

  2. Add bin to your PATH

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    ``` bash
vim ~/.bash_profile
```

  3. Inside .bash_profile Add

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    ``` bash
export PATH=~/bin:$PATH
```

  4. Navigate to bin folder and create a new file called git-open. Note, omit the .sh from the file name

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    ``` bash
cd ~/bin
vim git-open
```

  5. Add the following code to git-open

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    ``` bash
#!/bin/bash

isGitRepo=`git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree`

if [ 'true' != "$isGitRepo" ]; then
        exit 1
fi

start='cmd.exe /c start'

remote=`git remote get-url origin`
url="${remote/ssh/https}"
url="${url/:22/}"
$start $url;
```

  6. Give new git-open script excute

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    ``` bash
cd ~/bin
chmod +x git-open
```

Now you can run the script using git open command.

Last update: 2022-02-12 16:09:48