vim-github-link-opener

Ever seen something like this?

gem "github/linguist"

Or this?

Check out gabebw/dotfiles for more.

Or what about this (in Go files):

import (
  "github.com/spf13/cobra"
  "github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
)

Or npm packages (uses npm repo):

const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
import jwt from 'jsonwebtoken';

Wouldn't it be cool if you could quickly open https://github.com/github/linguist, https://github.com/gabebw/dotfiles, https://github.com/spf13/cobra, https://github.com/stretchr/testify or https://github.com/auth0/node-jsonwebtoken?

This plugin lets you do exactly that!

It's exactly like visiting other URLs in vim: type gx when your cursor is anywhere in the string, and this plugin will open the GitHub project in your browser.

It won't change how gx treats other URLs. They'll still work. And if you use @christoomey's excellent vim-quicklink, that will keep working too.

Installation

With vim-plug:

Plug 'gabebw/vim-github-link-opener', {'branch': 'main'}

Then run :PlugInstall.