Line Clipper for GitHub

"LineClipper" is a Chrome Extension which optimizes a software developer's flow between the browser and the IDE while working on GitHub.

A lot of IDEs provide fuzzy find capabilities so you can specify a file path and the IDE would open that file for you. Additionally, you can specify a line number at which you'd like to go to. Example:

"api/controllers/base_controller.go:73"

This would take us to the "base_controller.go" file on "line 73" in the "api/controllers" directory.

When working with GitHub (especially during code reviews) it's common for a developer to jump from the browser to the IDE and vice versa. As it is today this flow is very clunky and can break a developer's flow while working.

The "LineClipper" extension focuses on doing one thing and do it well - copy to your clipboard the file path suffixed with the respective line number when clicking on a specific line number while viewing any type of file with line numbering on GitHub. This way a developer can almost instantly go back and forth between browser and IDE when reviewing files and particular points in code all while keeping a developer's focus where it should be - in the code, not in meaningless operational details.

The plugin includes the copying to clipboard functionality when:

• "reviewing pull requests in the Files Changed tab"
• "reviewing pull requests in the Conversation tab where there are file snippets"