Refined GitHub

Browser extension that simplifies the GitHub interface and adds useful features

We use GitHub a lot and notice many annoyances we'd like to fix. So here be dragons.

Our hope is that GitHub will notice and implement some of these much-needed improvements. So if you like any of these improvements, please open a discussion on GitHub feedback or contact GitHub support about doing it.

GitHub Enterprise is also supported: How to enable it.

The GITHUB and REFINED GITHUB trademarks are owned by GitHub, Inc. and used under license.

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on Mac, iOS and iPadOS

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Highlights 🔥

Makes whitespace characters visible	Tells you whether you're looking at the latest version of a repository, or if there are any unreleased commits
Shows how far behind a PR head branch is + tells you its base commit	Lets you hide every event except comments or unresolved comments in issues and PRs
Lets you subscribe to opening/closing events of issues in one click	Adds a link to the default branch on directory listings and files
Adds a button to discard all the changes to a file in a PR	Select notifications by type and status

Repositories

• 🔥 Adds stars, CI, fork and private status to the repository header.
• Adds a link to swap branches in the branch compare view.
• Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar.
• In your forked repos, shows number of your open PRs to the original repo.
• Makes some buttons on repository lists more compact to make room for other features.
• Automatically disables projects and wikis when creating a repository.
• Makes sidebars sticky in repositories, issues, and PRs, if they fit the viewport.
• Adds a link to visit the user’s github.io website from its repo.
• In the workflows sidebar, shows an indicator that a workflow can be triggered manually, and its next scheduled time if relevant.
• Simplifies the deletion of repositories. Adds "Delete fork" button on 0-star repos. Enables shift alt clicks to delete repos in 2 clicks.
• Helps you find forks on archived repos.
• Adds the profile picture to the header of public repositories.
• Shows a small avatar next to the username in issue/PR lists and mentions.
• 🔥 Adds a link back to the PR that ran the workflow.
• When navigating a repo's file on a specific tag, it adds a link to see the release/tag itself.
• Lets you cancel or delete workflow runs faster from the workflow list.
• Unwraps the "Re-run jobs" dropdown into individual buttons and adds a keyboard shortcut to re-run failed jobs: r f.

File management

• Adds a button to download entire folders, via https://download-directory.github.io.
• Adds a button to edit files from the repo file list.
• Enables the File Finder keyboard shortcut (t) on entire repository.
• Shows the associated PRs on branches for forked repositories.
• Adds a link to preview HTML files.
• Highlights the most-recently-modified items in file lists.
• Lets you see the previous version of a file in one click.

Code

• Linkifies issue/PR references and URLs in code.
• Enhances the y hotkey to also copy the permalink.
• Alerts you if the current file is altered by an open PR.
• Reduces tabs’ size to 4 spaces instead of 8 where GitHub doesn't follow the user’s preferences.
• Adds a keyboard shortcut to deselect the current line: esc.
• On branch commit lists, shows the PR that touches the current branch.

Writing comments

• 🔥 Enables tab and shift tab for indentation in comment fields.
• [Adds a button in the text editor to insert collapsible content (via `

).](https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/83146190/260875648-bd495d27-4cd1-4190-bcc5-b8b476f07d39.png) - [](# "fit-textareas") 🔥 [Auto-resizes comment fields to fit their content and no longer show scroll bars.](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1402241/54336211-66fd5e00-4666-11e9-9c5e-111fccab004d.gif) - [](# "quick-comment-edit") [Lets you edit any comment with one click instead of having to open a dropdown.](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/46634000/162252055-54750c89-0ddc-487a-b4ad-cec6009d9870.png) - [](# "one-key-formatting") [Wraps selected text when pressing one of Markdown symbols instead of replacing it:](https://github-production-user-asset-6210df.s3.amazonaws.com/83146190/261155564-e7aabd0e-b14b-4fe6-b379-62e7419c43f8.gif)[`` `'"*~_` - Hides unnecessary comment field tooltips and toolbar items (each one has a