feat: add copy remote URL to line number context menu#253
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Add 'Copy Remote URL' option to the line number gutter right-click menu, allowing users to quickly copy a shareable link to a file and line on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or other hosted git providers. - Install hosted-git-info to parse remote URLs and generate browse URLs - Add getRemoteFileUrl() to resolve file URLs using default branch - Wire up IPC handler, preload bridge, and renderer UI - Use ExternalLink icon to distinguish from path copy options
The @types/hosted-git-info package is stuck on the v3 API and lacks browseFile(). A local .d.ts is cleaner than casting around stale types.
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Problem
When viewing code in Orca, users had no easy way to share a direct link to a specific line of code hosted on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or other git providers. The existing line number context menu only offered copying local file paths, not shareable remote URLs.
Solution
Added a "Copy Remote URL" option to the line number gutter right-click menu that:
hosted-git-infolibraryChanges
getRemoteFileUrl()function to resolve file URLsgit:remoteFileUrlIPC handlergit.remoteFileUrl()to rendererTesting