Refined-github: Add "View Raw" button next to all View buttons for files

Created on 21 Oct 2018 · 10Comments · Source: sindresorhus/refined-github

Especially in pul request "Files changed" view, countless times I copied the link to "View" button and passed to curl, only to get a HTML page, because it wasn't the link to the raw file.

Would it be cool to have a "View Raw" button via this extension?

enhancement good first issue help wanted

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ahmetb

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Shouldn't it be Copy raw URL then?

sindresorhus on 21 Oct 2018

"View" right now takes you to a HTML page that nicely shows that file alone. You can right click and copy link to that page.

Similarly if there was a "View Raw", I could (1) save one click because I don't have to click "View" and navigate to that page first (2) I could directly right click to this button and get copy the url to raw file.

Does this make sense? I think it should be possible to both copy link (via native Chrome right-click menu) as well as click it to view in the browser.

ahmetb on 21 Oct 2018

Why are you curling PR files instead of gitting them?

fregante on 23 Oct 2018

I think sometimes you just need to. Like command <(curl https://...) or to wget.

ahmetb on 23 Oct 2018

@ahmetb Alright. A View raw button sounds useful to me. PR welcome :)

Please also suggest the feature to GitHub: https://github.com/contact

sindresorhus on 7 Nov 2018

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Hi, @sindresorhus,

I've recently discovered this project and I really enjoyed it.

I would really like to start contributing. Can I tackle this issue?

Also I have a question regarding the implementation. Should View raw button have target="_blank" or it isn't necessary?

AlessandroFC15 on 21 Nov 2018

@AlessandroFC15 please take it over, I won't be able to send a patch anytime soon. IMO it's not necessary to have a target=_blank, most people know how to open links in a new tab.

ahmetb on 21 Nov 2018

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@ahmetb Alright then, thank you very much, appreciate the input.

AlessandroFC15 on 21 Nov 2018

I filed #1668 to be able to link where the headers are properly set like https://raw.githack.com , not the raw URLs on Github which is what I understood this issue to be about...