Link to a specific (current) revision on GitHub

Here is a sample project on 开发者_运维问答github: http://github.com/ripper234/Test-grails-project

I would like to capture the latest revision, and send a link to it to someone, so that even if the project changes later he will see the specific revision I was talking about. I guess forking could do that, but it's overkill.

How do I do that?

Just press y and the URL will change automatically to reflect the current version.

Source

To access a single file or directory:

• While browsing directories: Click on the "latest commit <refid>" link at the top of the file list, and then "Browse code" in the blue area near the top.
• While viewing a file: Click on "History" and then on the "<>" button next to the refid to get a link.

let's say you would like that the someone you send this link

• http://github.com/ripper234/Test-grails-project/commit/c3110a562339a20eaa4c99e25d2e92538bd6c23d

has to work on the resulting code of this commit.

he would do this:

• git clone git://github.com/ripper234/Test-grails-project.git
• cd Test-grails-project
• git checkout c3110a562339a20eaa4c99e
• git branch c3110a562339a20eaa4c99e

now the user has a branch with the code of the mentioned commit.

does this answer your question? -> not sure if I understood it right...

To show the state of the project at a specific commit:

https://github.com/<user>/<project>/tree/<commit-hash>

For example:

• https://github.com/toraritte/software-licensing-a-primer/tree/9f122e02949f966445ad37b1541b70114c9dd602

• or with shortened hash from git log
  https://github.com/toraritte/software-licensing-a-primer/tree/9f122e0

The easiest way without editing the URL is:

1. Choose a commit (either the latest or from the list of commits)

2. Select "Browse files"

as mentioned in other answer - for latest commit y is the shortcut

for any commit

click on commits

and then click on code icon (octicon-code)

The URL format is as follows: https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO/blob/COMMITID/FILENAME

Replace the capitalised elements with details for your case