The latest articles on DEV Community by James Carr (@jamescarr). https://dev.to/jamescarr https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F452726%2F38b8dd0a-6bfa-4f1a-8a65-28bcef62fd64.jpeg https://dev.to/jamescarr en James Carr Wed, 16 Sep 2020 15:46:12 +0000 https://dev.to/jamescarr/generating-a-github-link-within-vim-4hfp https://dev.to/jamescarr/generating-a-github-link-within-vim-4hfp <p>I'm always on the hunt for ways to improve efficiency and reduce the amount of mouse movements and clicks I have to do. One task I find can come up from time to time is grabbing a link from github to a specific line or section of code to either share in a ticket or ask a question about. I despise going to github for this so took a quick look to generate these quickly.</p> <p>A quick search brought up <a href="https://github.com/knsh14/vim-github-link">knsh14/vim-github-link</a> which seemed to do exactly what I needed. This plugin adds three useful commands:</p> <ul> <li> <code>GetCommitLink</code>: commit which most recently modified the current file (permalink)</li> <li> <code>GetCurrentBranchLink</code>: active branch name</li> <li> <code>GetCurrentCommitLink</code>: most recent commit - URL will 404 if you haven't pushed it to the remote</li> </ul> <p>What is really nice is that it copies the link in my clipboard, so I can just run <code>:GetCommitLink</code> (or map it to a shortcut key) and paste directly wherever I need to share it!</p> vim github productivity git