Ghlink

Ghlink creates GitHub permanent links to specified file lines of files hosted in a GitHub repository.

Usage:

ghlink [-l1 line1 [-l2 line2] | -s text] file

ghlink file prints a link to file.

ghlink -l1 line1 file prints a link to line1 in file.

ghlink -l1 line1 -l2 line2 file prints a link to lines line1 through line2 in file.

ghlink -s text file prints a link to lines matching text in file. If text is ‘-’, the standard input is used.

Examples

Print a link to README.md:

$ ghlink README.md

Print a link to line 3 in README.md:

$ ghlink -l1 3 README.md

Print a link to lines 3 through 8 in README.md:

$ ghlink -l1 3 -l2 8 README.md

Print a link to lines matching "Usage:\n\n ghlink file":

$ ghlink -s 'Usage:\n\n    ghlink file' README.md