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git-open
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paulirish / git-open

git-open

Type `git open` to open the GitHub page or website for a repository in your browser.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

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What it is

Type `git open` to open the GitHub page or website for a repository in your browser.

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

I use git-open [1] for this – highly recommended. It supports multiple remotes and works great with custom hosted servers out of the box. [1]: https://github.com/paulirish/git-open

hugolundin used a recommendation phrase. 2 indexed comments match. This is a phrase match, not a verdict.

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 5:03:38 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year9 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-02-03 17:30:34 UTC to 2022-08-21 09:56:04 UTC.

01232015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 2 submissions, 1 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2022

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC321
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202

What Hacker News says

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pankarol·Jul 22, 2022
That's right, and for GitLab `glab mr view -w` will work. I wanted to have a tool that works with both and lets you open in browser whatever you're currently looking at. So it opens the PR for current branch, repository home page for main branch and PR creation page for new branch. You can also open the repository with `git open` [1], and create a PR clicking the link you see after pushing to GitHub/GitLab, but the goal was to have all three in a single command. [1]: https://github.com/paulirish/git-open
In Show HN: Open current Pull Request in browser with a single command

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