Refined GitHub

We use GitHub a lot and notice many annoyances we'd like to fix. So here be dragons.

Our hope is that GitHub will notice and implement some of these much needed improvements. So if you like any of these improvements, please email GitHub support about doing it.

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Visit the repository to see an up-to-date list of features and the release notes for each version. Please report bugs on the repo and sponsor the development if you can.

Repositories

• 🔥 Adds a build/CI status icon next to the repo’s name.
• Hides the Projects tab from repositories and profiles when it’s empty.
  • New projects can still be created via the Create new… menu.
• Hides forks and watchers counters.
• Changes the default sort order of milestones Closest due date.
• Adds useful links to the repository navigation dropdown and moves the "Security" and "Insights" tabs to it as well.
• Adds a keyboard shortcut to star/unstar the current repo: g s.
• 🔥 Adds a link to the default branch on directory listings and files.
• Adds a link to swap branches in the branch compare view.
• Adds a shortcut to your forks next to the Fork button on the current repo.
• Displays the age of the repository in the sidebar.
• In your forked repos, shows number of your open PRs to the original repo.
• Adds a link to access the past runs of a GitHub Action workflow when seeing the workflow configuration file.
• Clone a branch from the branches list.
• Points the “Forked from user/repository” link to current folder or file in the upstream repository.
• Makes some buttons on repository lists more compact to make room for other features.
• Automatically disables projects and wikis when creating a repository.
• Makes conversation sidebars and repository sidebars sticky, if they fit the viewport.
• Adds a link to visit the user’s github.io website from its repo.
• Shows the next scheduled time of relevant GitHub Actions in the workflows sidebar.
• Lets you delete your repos in a click, if they have no stars, issues, or PRs.
• Helps you find the most active forks, via useful-forks.github.io.