Refined GitHub

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

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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.

• Adds a button to download entire folders, via download-directory.github.io.
• Adds a button to toggle the repo file list.
• Adds a button to edit files from the repo file list.
• Ensures that the “Edit readme” button always appears (even when you have to make a fork) and works (GitHub’s link doesn’t work on git tags).
• Enables the File Finder keyboard shortcut (t) on Issues and Pull Request pages as well.
• Lets you start typing your search immediately after invoking the File Finder (t), instead of having you wait for it to load first.
• Shows the associated pull requests on branches for forked repositories.
• When editing Markdown files, it lets you hide the Markdown diff in the preview.