It's possible to copy the permalink directly?

[guilhermeprokisch]

I wondered if copying the permalink directly from the plugin is too complicated since the OpenInGHLines already highlights the correct lines.

[knpwrs]

I think this should be possible to implement using the following lua code:

vim.fn.setreg('+', url)

[knpwrs]

Actually, reading the README, this appears to already be implemented:

All of the commands above optionally take a register, e.g. :OpenInGHFileLines+. In this case, the URL will not be opened in the browser, but put into the register given. This is especially useful if you're running neovim on a remote machine, but want to open the URL locally.

[samuelhwilliams]

The readme does seem to suggest it should work, but when I do that, it still opens the link in the browser?

[rollf]

OpenInGHFileLines+ doesn't work for me neither. A GitHub search suggests that it should work though 🤷 .

[rperryng]

It isn't mentioned in the README.md but in the help doc the author writes:

To copy the URL into a register set
vim.g.openingh_copy_to_register = true
(helpdoc)

This needs to be set before the plugin is loaded, since it's used when the plugins' User Commands are being created (code), not when the user command is called (this is just how the nvim_create_user_command API works, although I feel like the plugin should just always set the reg option to true, since it can be opted out of when being called by just not passing a register[1]*)

anyways, with that said, here's a working config you can use:

return {
  'Almo7aya/openingh.nvim',
  init = function()
    vim.g.openingh_copy_to_register = true
  end,
  config = function()
    -- ...

    vim.keymap.set('v', '<space>ygh', ':OpenInGHFileLines+<cr>', {
      silent = true,
      noremap = true,
      desc = 'Yank GitHub link to system clipboard',
    })
  end,
}

If you want to copy a permalink, you need to specify both the bang (!, to prioritize the commit sha, as described in the readme) and then pass the register as the first argument, i.e. :OpenInGHFileLines! + (note the space between ! and +)

e.g.

vim.keymap.set('v', '<space>ygh', ':OpenInGHFileLines! +<cr>', {
  silent = true,
  noremap = true,
  desc = 'Yank GitHub permalink to system clipboard',
})

[1]*: Actually this changes how the command interprets the first argument, and so if you frequently pass an explicit branch name to the commands then you might not want this to be set to true