GitHub Bash Function

gistfile1.sh

function github {
  branch="$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)"
  url="$(git config --get remote.origin.url)"
  url=${url/git@github.com:/http://github.com/}
  url=${url/.git/}

  if [[ $1 =~ "compare" ]]; then action="compare"
  elif [[ $1 =~ "pr" ]]; then action="pull"
  else action="tree"; fi

  if [[ $2 != "" ]]; then base="$2..."
  else base=""; fi

  url="${url}/${action}/${base}${branch}"

  echo "Opening ${url} $(\open ${url})"
}

This function can be added to your .bash_profile. It supports repositories cloned with SSH, and provides the following commands:

• github -> opens GitHub repo and branch
• github compare -> opens GitHub branch comparison with master
• github compare branch_name -> opens GitHub branch comparison with branch_name
• github pr -> opens a GitHub pull request against master
• github pr branch_name -> opens a GitHub pull request against branch_name

Thanks @andrewjtait!

One thing: I had to change if [[ $2 ]]; to if [[ $2 != "" ]]; to make it work (Mac OSX 10.9 using oh-my-zsh).

Thanks @kaelig, I've updated it with this fix.

I've added the following between line 10 and 11
elif [[ $1 =~ "pull" ]]; then action="pull"

To allow the following additional commands:

• github pull -> opens a GitHub pull request with master
• github pull branchname -> opens a GitHub pull request with branchname

Thanks @brian-griffin. I've added this, but I've used pr rather than pull as it could be assumed it does something similar to git pull.

a fork for the lazy typist in me https://gist.github.com/wheresrhys/2bd4ae944003fe57af50. Cheers for producing the original @andrewjtait

This has now been set up in a repository which is installable through Homebrew: https://github.com/andrewjtait/github-open