DAY 22 👾

I’m back 💙

Today I worked on an Open Source Project called Refined Github created by SindreSorhus.

Refined Github is a chrome extension that simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

It is made to fix many dumb annoyances we’d like to fix. So here be dragons.

It has a lot of features.

Highlights

• Mark issues and pull requests as unread (They will reappear in Notifications)
• Linkifies branch references in pull requests
• Linkifies issue/PR references in issue/PR titles
• Adds a ‘Releases’ tab to repos (g r hotkey)
• Adds user avatars to Reactions
• Adds a quick edit button to the readme
• Shows current filename in the sticky pull request header
• Adds blame links for parent commits in blame view
• Shows user’s full name in comments
• Improves readability of tab indented code
• Adds a ‘Copy’ button to the file view
• Adds a shortcut to quickly delete a forked repo
• Adds ability to collapse/expand files in a pull request diff
• Adds option to view diffs without whitespace changes (d w hotkey)
• Adds links to patch and diff for each commit
• Differentiates merge commits from regular commits
• Easier copy-pasting from diffs by making +/- signs unselectable
• Shows the reactions popover on hover instead of click
• Supports indenting with the tab key in textareas like the comment box (Shift Tab for original behavior)
• Automagically expands the news feed when you scroll down
• Hides other users starring/forking your repos from the newsfeed
• Prompts you when pressing Cancel on an inline comment in case it was a mistake
• Moves the dashboard organization switcher to the right column
• Adds a Trending link to the global navbar. (g t hotkey)
• Removes annoying hover effect in the repo file browser
• Removes the comment box toolbar
• Removes tooltips
• Copy canonical link to file when the y hotkey is used

Install

Install it from the Chrome Web Store or manually.

I’ve created a tiny function on this OSS(Open Source Software).

The function has the ability to copy a gist to Clipboard using a Copy button.

It is a very tiny function. I needed to edit only 3 files but learnt a lot in the process as my Code Reviewer is a perfectionist & he suggested edits for every single change I made.

This is my first big OSS Pull Request which had a lot of reviews which you can see here. Its still not merged. But, fingers crossed it will be sooner or later. I suggest anyone reading this post to contribute to OSS as you will learn more.

Till the next time 👻