GitHub Commits → Profile

Chrome extension that fixes an annoying GitHub behavior: clicking a username on a commit page takes you to that user's profile instead of their commits on that specific repo.

The Problem

On GitHub commit pages, clicking a commit author's name navigates to:

github.com/org/repo/commits?author=username

This extension rewrites those links to go to:

github.com/username

Install (Developer Mode)

1. Clone this repo
2. Open chrome://extensions/
3. Enable Developer mode (top right toggle)
4. Click Load unpacked
5. Select this directory
6. Navigate to any GitHub commits page and click an author name

How It Works

A content script runs on all github.com pages and rewrites any <a> tag whose href matches the commits?author= pattern. A MutationObserver handles GitHub's Turbo-powered SPA navigation so links are rewritten on dynamic page changes too.