Github Keyboard Shortcuts
Just a quick tip here that most programmers I meet haven’t seen before so I thought it’d be cool to share. Github has a handy little reminder of keyboard shortcuts if you type ”?
“.
![Keyboard shortcuts menu popup Keyboard shortcuts menu popup](/static/3b023a7ce762e36cf8cdc1125e927304/5a190/github-shortcuts.png)
Fuzzy search!?
But that isn’t even the coolest part. If you press ”t
” while in a repository, it opens up the file finder, which is a fuzzy search if you are more familiar with that term. It’s super fast to find files that contain a phrase or path by simply typing it in. You can press enter if the result you want is at the top, and it will take you to that file.
![Github file finder with fuzzy search in action](/9fffc6b2a818041d3d499d3de381dd23/github-file-finder-shortcut.gif)
I love this feature and I think more people should know about it, so give it a swing.