- Keyboard shortcuts for Github (help.github.com)
Github Cheat Sheet
A visual cheat-sheet for the 80 keyboard shortcuts found on Github.com
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Keyboard Shortcuts
Network graph
Shortcut | Action |
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Left/H |
Scroll left |
Right/L |
Scroll right |
Up/K |
Scroll up |
Down/J |
Scroll down |
Shift Left/H |
Scroll all the way left |
Shift Right/L |
Scroll all the way right |
Shift Up/K |
Scroll all the way up |
Shift Down/J |
Scroll all the way down |
Notifications
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
E/L/Y |
Mark as read |
Shift M |
Mute thread |
Project boards
Shortcut | Action |
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Enter/Space |
Start moving the focused column |
Esc |
Cancel the move in progress |
Enter |
Complete the move in progress |
Left/H |
Move column to the left |
Ctrl Left/H |
Move column to the leftmost position |
Right/L |
Move column to the right |
Ctrl Right/L |
Move column to the rightmost position |
Enter/Space |
Start moving the focused card |
Esc |
Cancel the move in progress |
Enter |
Complete the move in progress |
Down/J |
Move card down |
Ctrl Down/J |
Move card to the bottom of the column |
Up/K |
Move card up |
Ctrl Up/K |
Move card to the top of the column |
Left/H |
Move card to the bottom of the column on the left |
Shift Left/H |
Move card to the top of the column on the left |
Ctrl Left/H |
Move card to the bottom of the leftmost column |
Ctrl Shift Left/H |
Move card to the top of the leftmost column |
Right |
Move card to the bottom of the column on the right |
Shift Right/L |
Move card to the top of the column on the right |
Ctrl Right/L |
Move card to the bottom of the rightmost column |
Ctrl Shift Right/L |
Move card to the top of the rightmost column |
Changes in pull requests
Shortcut | Action |
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C |
Open the list of commits in the pull request |
T |
Open the list of changed files in the pull request |
J |
Move selection down in the list |
K |
Move selection up in the list |
Ctrl Shift Enter |
Add a single comment on a pull request diff |
Alt (click) |
Toggle between collapsing and expanding all outdated review comments in a pull request |
Issues and pull requests
Shortcut | Action |
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Q |
Request a reviewer |
M |
Set a milestone |
L |
Apply a label |
A |
Set an assignee |
Issue and pull request lists
Shortcut | Action |
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C |
Create an issue |
Ctrl / |
Focus your cursor on the issues or pull requests search bar |
U |
Filter by author |
L |
Filter by or edit labels |
M |
Filter by or edit milestones |
A |
Filter by or edit assignee |
O |
Open issue |
Comments
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
Ctrl B |
Inserts Markdown formatting for bolding text |
Ctrl I |
Inserts Markdown formatting for italicizing text |
Ctrl K |
Inserts Markdown formatting for creating a link |
Ctrl Shift P |
Toggles between the Write and Preview comment tabs |
Ctrl Enter |
Submits a comment |
Ctrl . |
Opens saved replies menu and then autofills comment field with a saved reply |
Ctrl G |
Inserts a suggestions |
R |
Quote the selected text in your reply |
Source code browsing
Shortcut | Action |
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T |
Activates the file finder |
L |
Jump to a line in your code |
W |
Switch to a new branch or tag |
Y |
Expand a URL to its canonical form |
I |
Show or hide comments on diffs |
B |
Open blame view |
Source code editing
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
Ctrl F |
Start searching in file editor |
Ctrl G |
Find next |
Ctrl Shift G |
Find previous |
Ctrl Shift F |
Replace |
Ctrl Shift R |
Replace all |
Alt G |
Jump to line |
Ctrl Z |
Undo |
Ctrl Y |
Redo |
Repositories
Shortcut | Action |
---|---|
G C |
Go to the Code tab |
G I |
Go to the Issues tab |
G P |
Go to the Pull requests tab |
G B |
Go to the Projects tab |
G W |
Go to the Wiki tab |
Site wide shortcuts
Shortcut | Action |
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S |
Focus the search bar |
G N |
Go to your notifications |
H |
Opens and focuses on a user, issue, or pull request hovercard |
Esc |
When focused on above, closes hovercard |