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Trix are for kids you silly Octocat

Micky Hulse edited this page Jan 26, 2015 · 1 revision

Pin ‘n’ lock:

First, install:

Restart Firefox.

Next, create "pinned tab"s for:

Once pinned, right-click on tab and choose "Lock Tab" and "Protect Tab".

The beauty of this plugin is that all links in that tab will open in new tabs. In other words, that pinned tab will never change. Without this plugin, and locking, clicking on links will change the pinned tab location.

Here's what pinned tabs look like:

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Zen and the art of GitHub (Command Bar) searching:

Quick tip! When in a repo, hit the t key. From there, you can do a fuzzy search of all repo files. :)

Zen tip! When searching for issues, be patient … Wait for the live results to load as a pop down window thingy … Note that some hits are from elsewhere on GitHub. Look for the hits relevant to you. For example:

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There's lots of good tips on how to use GitHub's "Command Bar" here:

Using the Command Bar

Navigate GitHub like a boss:

Install Octotree!

Browser extensions (Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Opera) to display GitHub code in tree format. Useful for developers who frequently read source in GitHub and do not want to download or checkout too many repositories.

Use your keyboard!

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More:

GitHub Cheat Sheet

A collection of cool hidden and not so hidden features of Git and GitHub.

Finally:

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