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Last active February 4, 2025 18:30
gcloud.tips: use the Google Cloud Shell to clone and edit a github repository

Open a github repository in the Cloud Shell

The Google Cloud Shell gives you a handy and quick Shell access to your Cloud instance. One thing you may not know is that you can use the Cloud Shell to clone and edit a Github project. Let's see how.

The trick here is to just call the following URL: https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open with the following parameters:

  1. git_repo: this is the URL to your github repository
  2. open_in_editor: this would be the file you want to open in the editor
  3. page=editor: this tells the cloud shell to open the code editor