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Reputation: 91881

How to link to a static version of a file in GitHub?

If I want to reference specific line numbers on GitHub, I can do so by finding the file on GitHub, and selecting the line numbers on the left.

I get a URL such as this:

https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/stdlib/public/core/Optional.swift#L190-L199

The problem is that this reference has /master/ in it, meaning that if the file ever changes, the lines it will highlight are probably not the ones that I intended to highlight. How can I get a static version of this file so that I can reference this exact code I'm referring to?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 64

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 91881

Quick solution by modifying the URL:

  1. Scroll to the top of the page, and you'll see a SHA of the latest commit.

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  2. Replace master in the URL with the SHA; 6d1ae2a in this case:

    https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/6d1ae2a/stdlib/public/core/Optional.swift#L190-L199

Using only UI:

  1. Scroll to the top of the page, and you'll see a SHA of the latest commit. Click the SHA (6d1ae2a in this case).

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  2. Click "Browse files" on the top right.

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  3. Find the file again. Now instead of master, you'll see the SHA in the tree:

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  4. Highlight the lines as you did before and copy the URL:

    https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/6d1ae2a39c1b77240107854b0ae1a35800a8ba73/stdlib/public/core/Optional.swift#L190-L199

Upvotes: 1

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