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description: "View a repository"
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# gt repo view

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View a repository

## Synopsis

```text
View a repository: its description, state, counts and clone URLs, followed by its README, which
is rendered on a terminal.
```

```
gt repo view [<repository>] [flags]
```

## Examples

```
# View the repository of the current clone
$ gt repo view

# View the README of another branch
$ gt repo view alice/project --branch develop

# Open the repository in the browser
$ gt repo view alice/project --web
```

## Options

```
  -b, --branch string   Show the README of this branch (default: the default branch)
  -h, --help            help for view
  -w, --web             Open the repository, or with --branch that branch, in the browser
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --cwd directory       Working directory for repository discovery
      --debug               Log the method, URL, status, and duration of each HTTP request to stderr
      --host URL            Gitea instance URL, including any base path
      --interactive         Allow prompts with machine output
  -q, --jq expression       Filter JSON output using a jq expression; implies --json
      --json fields[="*"]   Output JSON with the specified comma-separated fields, or all fields
      --no-input            Disable prompts and implicit editor/browser interactions
      --remote remote       Git remote used for repository discovery
  -R, --repo OWNER/REPO     Select a repository as OWNER/REPO or URL
      --sudo user           Perform API requests as this user (requires an administrator account)
      --user name           Account name on the selected instance
  -y, --yes                 Accept confirmations without prompting
```

## SEE ALSO

* [gt repo](../repo/index.md): Work with Gitea repositories