How to link to specific line number on github

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I know I can link to a specific line number on a file on a github repo  I m sure I ve seen this before      Can someone tell me how to do this

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broc seib has a sophisticated answer  I just want to point out that instead of pressing y to get the permanent link  github now has a very simple UI that helps you to achieve it   Select line by clicking on the line number or select multiple lines by downholding shift same as how you select multiple folders in file explorer   on the right hand corner of the first line you selected  expand     and  click copy permalink  that s it  a link with selected lines and commit hash is copied to your clipboard  https   github com python cpython blob c82b7f332aff606af6c9c163da75f1e86514125e Doc Makefile L1-L4

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Related to how to link to the README md of a GitHub repository to a specific line number of code  You have three cases    We can link to  custom commit   But Link will ALWAYS link to old file version  which will NOT contains new updates in the master branch for example  Example   https   github com username projectname blob b8d94367354011a0470f1b73c8f135f095e28dd4 file txt L10  We can link to  custom branch  like  master-branch   But the link will ALWAYS link to the latest file version which will contain new updates  Due to new updates  the link may point to an invalid business line number  Example   https   github com username projectname blob master file txt L10  GitHub can NOT make AUTO-link to any file either to  custom commit  nor  master-branch  Because of following business issues    line business meaning  to link to it in the new file length of target highlighted code which can be changed

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Don t just link to the line numbers  Be sure to use the canonical URL too  Otherwise when that file is updated  you ll have a URL that points to the wrong lines   How to make a permanent link to the right lines   Click on the line number you want  like line 18   and the URL in your browser will get a  L18 tacked onto the end  You literally click on the 18 at the left side  not the line of code  Looks like this     And now your browser s URL looks like this   https   github com git git blob master README L18   If you want multiple lines selected  simply hold down the shift key and click a second line number  like line 20  Looks like this     And now your browser s URL looks like this   https   github com git git blob master README L18-L20   Here s the important part   Now get the canonical url for that particular commit by pressing the y key  The URL in your browser will change to become something like this   https   github com git git blob 5bdb7a78adf2a2656a1915e6fa656aecb45c1fc3 README L18-L20   That link contains the actual SHA hash for that particular commit  rather than the current version of the file on master  That means that this link will work forever and not point to lines 18-20 of whatever future version of that file might contain   Now bask in the glow of your new permanent link   -   update 9 29 2017  As pointed out by  watashiSHUN  github has now made it easier to get the permanent link by providing a     menu on the left after you select one or more lines  Please upvote  watashiSHUN s answer too     update 3 25 2016  Case in point     in the example above  I referred to the  README  file in the URL  Those non-canonical urls actually worked when this answer was written  But now those urls no longer work since README was moved to README md  But the canonical URL with SHA hash still works  just as expected

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Click the line number  and then copy and paste the link from the address bar  To select a range  click the number  and then shift click the later number   Alternatively  the links are a relatively simple format  just append  L lt number gt  to the end for that specific line number  using the link to the file  Here s a link to the third line of the git repository s README   https   github com git git blob master README L3

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Many editors  but also see the Commands section below  support linking to a file s line number or range on GitHub or BitBucket  or others   Here s a short list    Atom  Open on GitHub  Emacs  git-link  Sublime Text  GitLink  Vim  gitlink-vim    Commands   git-link - Git subcommand for getting a repo-browser link to a git object ghwd - Open the github URL that matches your shell s current branch and working directory

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For a line in a pull request   https   github com foo bar pull 90 files diff-ce6bf647d5a531e54ef0502c7fe799deR27   https   github com foo bar pull  90  lt - PR number  files diff- ce6bf647d5a531e54ef0502c7fe799de  lt - MD5 has of file name from repo root R  lt - Which side of the diff to reference  merge-base or head   Can be L or R  27  lt - Line number   This will take you to a line as long as L and R are correct  I am not sure if there is a way to visit L OR R  I e If the PR adds a line you must use R  If it removes a line you must use L   From  Generate line pointer URL into Github Pull Request

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You can you use permalinks to include code snippets in issues  PRs  etc   References   https   help github com en articles creating-a-permanent-link-to-a-code-snippet

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