New package: https://github.com/agzam/remoto.el
Browse GitHub repos without cloning.
You just - (find-file) - paste git repo url and voila.
Or you can try typing: /github:user/repo@ and at every point it would give you completions, for users/orgs, for repos, for branches.
Discussions:
https://www.reddit.com/r/emacs/comments/1sutzz6/new_package_browse_github_repos_without_cloning
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=remoto.el&sort=byPopularity&type=story
This looks great, thanks!
trying the example from docs: M-x remoto-browse RET
but getting this in messages buffer
, Not a Tramp file name: "/github:torvalds/linux@master:/"
Not a Tramp file name: "/github:torvalds/linux@master:/"
tramp-error: Not a Tramp file name: "/github:torvalds/linux@master:/"
throwing a specific file on remoto-browse (such as ) works
ubuntu 26.04, emacs 30.2, up to date doom emacs
tgetting in messages bufferI made some fixes last night, maybe need re-fetching the package? I'll keep an eye on this. Thank you for the feedback