"Did you mean...?" for GitHub is a browser extension that suggests repositories that have a similar name when you encounter a 404 error.
Demo:
When trying to access "https://github.com/facebook/reakt", GitHub gives a 404 error. You probably meant to go to "https://github.com/facebook/react" so this extension suggests you the correct repository.
"Pin for GitHub" is availible through the Firefox Add-On Platform and chrome web store. You can also install this extension by downloading the source from GitHub and loading the unpacked extension through "about:debugging" as a "Temporary Add-On".
The extension uses three different techniques to try to find the repository you were looking for:
- It has a build-in list of over 800 popular GitHub repositories and tries to find similar names.
- It has a build-in list of over 200 popular GitHub accounts and tries to see if the username might be spelled incorrectly
- It has a build-in english dictionary. It splits the name of the repository (e.g. if it is camelCase or dash-case) and searches for similar english words
The extension calculates the Damerau-Levenshtein distance to find similarity between strings.
Optionally, you can provide a GitHub API token. In this case, the extension will query the GitHub GraphQL API for the possible repository names generated above to filter out repositories that don't exist.
Please fork this repository and create a new pull request to contribute to it.
If you notice any errors, please create a new issue on GitHub.
Licensed under the MIT License
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