Bash function to open a GitHub repo from the command line

gh.sh

# this should be added to or loaded by your .bashrc

# usage: gh
#        gh <repo_name>
#        gh <user>/<repo_name>

function gh {
  repo="$1"
  if [ -z "$repo" ]; then
    # if no argument provided, then get the
    # URL of the repo in your current working directory
    repo=$(git ls-remote --get-url)
    if [[ $repo == *"[email protected]"* ]]; then
      repo=${repo/[email protected]:/https:\/\/github.com/}
      repo=${repo/.git//}
    fi
  elif [[ $repo != *\/* ]]; then
    # arg format: vim-vinegar
    repo=$(curl -s -X GET "https://api.github.com/search/repositories?q=$repo&fork=false&in=html_url&order=desc" | python -c 'import sys,json;data=json.loads(sys.stdin.read()); print data["items"][0]["html_url"]')
  else
    # arg format: tpope/vim-vinegar
    repo="https://github.com/$repo"
  fi

  # open the URL in your default browser (Ubuntu)
  # xdg-open $repo (or possibly gnome-open $repo)
  # open the URL in your default browser (OS X)
  open $repo
}