SpaceVim/docs/layers/github.md

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SpaceVim github layer	This layer provides GitHub integration for SpaceVim

Available Layers >> github

• Description
• Install
• Key bindings
• Extra configuration for GitHub and Gist

Description

This layer provides GitHub integration for SpaceVim.

Install

To use this configuration layer, add the following snippet to your custom configuration file.

[[layers]]
  name = "github"

Key bindings

Key Binding	Description
SPC g h i	show issues
SPC g h a	show activities
SPC g h d	show dashboard
SPC g h f	show current file in browser
SPC g h I	show issues in browser
SPC g h p	show PRs in browser
SPC g g l	list all gists
SPC g g p	post a gist

Extra configuration for GitHub and Gist

To avoid needing to constantly input your username and password, you'll want to create the following Bootstrap Function in a file such as .SpaceVim.d/autoload/myspacevim.vim.

func! myspacevim#before() abort
  "other configs
  let g:github_dashboard = { 'username': 'yourgithubuser', 'password': $GITHUB_TOKEN }
  let g:gista#client#default_username = 'monkeyxite'
endf

We recommend generating a personal access token and storing it securely in an environment variable. Refer to github dashboard for more information.

# in some secure file sourced in your .bashrc, .bash_profile, .zshrc, etc.
export GITHUB_TOKEN="<your 40 char token>"