Open a GitHub Repository in the Browser from the Terminal

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TL;DR

With GitHub CLI, you can open the URL of the current GitHub repository with this command:

1$ gh browse

Open a GitHub repository URL from the terminal

When working in the terminal, there are times when you want to open a GitHub URL immediately. In that case, if the repository is on GitHub, you can use the gh command (GitHub CLI) to open the URL directly in your browser.

1$ gh browse

This works as long as a remote repository is configured. If you use GitHub as the remote repository, you have probably either run the following command when creating the repository,

1$ git remote add origin {remote repository}

or you created the repository on GitHub first and then cloned it locally, so it should already be set up. You can check whether a remote repository is configured with this command:

1$ git remote -v

Why I wrote this article

I remembered that I could open a GitHub repository with the gh command, but I forgot which subcommand it was. So I searched with some likely keywords, but the simplest solution did not show up at the top.

Other methods besides gh browse that show up include:

a git alias
a bash/zsh alias
hub browse from the hub command
gh repo view --web using the repo subcommand of gh

Maybe gh repo view --web used to be the only way, but now gh browse can open not only repositories but many kinds of GitHub pages directly from the terminal.

That is why I wanted to leave this note for anyone searching for how to open GitHub from the terminal.

`gh browse`

1$ gh browse --help
2Transition from the terminal to the web browser to view and interact with:
3
4- Issues
5- Pull requests
6- Repository content
7- Repository home page
8- Repository settings
9
10
11USAGE
12  gh browse [<number> | <path> | <commit-sha>] [flags]
13
14FLAGS
15  -a, --actions                  Open repository actions
16  -b, --branch string            Select another branch by passing in the branch name
17  -c, --commit string[="last"]   Select another commit by passing in the commit SHA, default is the last commit
18  -n, --no-browser               Print destination URL instead of opening the browser
19  -p, --projects                 Open repository projects
20  -r, --releases                 Open repository releases
21  -R, --repo [HOST/]OWNER/REPO   Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format
22  -s, --settings                 Open repository settings
23  -w, --wiki                     Open repository wiki
24
25INHERITED FLAGS
26  --help   Show help for command
27
28ARGUMENTS
29  A browser location can be specified using arguments in the following format:
30  - by number for issue or pull request, e.g. "123"; or
31  - by path for opening folders and files, e.g. "cmd/gh/main.go"; or
32  - by commit SHA
33
34EXAMPLES
35  # Open the home page of the current repository
36  $ gh browse
37
38  # Open the script directory of the current repository
39  $ gh browse script/
40
41  # Open issue or pull request 217
42  $ gh browse 217
43
44  # Open commit page
45  $ gh browse 77507cd94ccafcf568f8560cfecde965fcfa63
46
47  # Open repository settings
48  $ gh browse --settings
49
50  # Open main.go at line 312
51  $ gh browse main.go:312
52
53  # Open main.go with the repository at head of bug-fix branch
54  $ gh browse main.go --branch bug-fix
55
56  # Open main.go with the repository at commit 775007cd
57  $ gh browse main.go --commit=77507cd94ccafcf568f8560cfecde965fcfa63
58
59ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
60  To configure a web browser other than the default, use the BROWSER environment variable.
61
62LEARN MORE
63  Use `gh <command> <subcommand> --help` for more information about a command.
64  Read the manual at https://cli.github.com/manual
65  Learn about exit codes using `gh help exit-codes`
66  Learn about accessibility experiences using `gh help accessibility`

##TL;DR

##Open a GitHub repository URL from the terminal

##Why I wrote this article

##gh browse

TL;DR

Open a GitHub repository URL from the terminal

Why I wrote this article

`gh browse`