How To Hyperlink Local Docs With Remote Master

usecase

• The aim of this how-to guide🏁 is getting a quick github hyperlink into a new doc to a doc that is located on github — so that the link is valid anywhere on the internet.

1. open in github extension

• install Open In GitHub — Visual Studio Marketplace
• open the file
• run the command Open in Github:file

• 2 options here

1. for getting just the URL

• switch from VSC → Chrome
• press CTRL+L to get in to the address bar
• press CTRL+C to copy the url

2. for getting markdown hyperlink

• use Create Link — Chrome Web Store

• return to the editor
• paste the grabbed link
• click the link to verify

2. list used sources

• Create Link — Chrome Web Store
• Open In GitHub — Visual Studio Marketplace

Originally published on: Feb 9, 2021 as How To Hyperlink Local Docs With Remote Master | today I learnt…