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# View The Current File In GitHub
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Sometimes when I'm browsing some code in Vim, I'll want to open up the a file
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in GitHub. This is usually so that I can grab a URL to share as a point of
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reference in a conversation.
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To do this, I run [`vim-fugitive`](https://github.com/tpope/vim-fugitive)'s
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`:Gbrowse` which will open up the current file for the current commit on the
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current branch.
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This works great if your current branch is the `main` branch. Or if your
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current branch has previously been pushed up as a remote. It doesn't work so
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well if you are on a local-only feature branch. You'll get the classic Star
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Wars themed GitHub 404 page.
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There is a handy workaround. You can specify the branch and file you want when
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you run the command.
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```
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:Gbrowse main:app/models/user.rb
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```
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That will open the specified file (`app/models/user.rb`) as it exists on the
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specified branch (`main`).
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A shorthand of that for the current file looks like this:
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```
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:Gbrowse main:%
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```
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