Quickly browse the history of files in any git repo

Quickly browse the history of files in any git repo ↦

This nifty little web app lets you tour the history of a file on GitHub. The coolest part about it is that you don’t have to download or install anything! Just change the github.com part of the URL with github.githistory.xyz and you’re in action!

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2022-09-14T13:25:16Z ago

Remember bookmarklets?! I still love ’em! Here’s one that swaps the URL for ya:

javascript: (function() {
  var url = window.location.href;
  var regEx = /^(https?\:\/\/)(www\.)?(github|gitlab|bitbucket)\.(com|org)\/(.*)$/i;
  if (regEx.test(url)) {
    url = url.replace(regEx, "$1$3.githistory.xyz/$5");
    window.open(url, "_blank");
  } else {
    alert("Not a Git File URL");
  }
})();