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title: glab repo view
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View a project or repository.

## Synopsis

Display the description and README of a project, or open it in the browser.

```plaintext
glab repo view [repository] [flags]
```

## Examples

```console
# View project information for the current directory.
# Must be a Git repository.
$ glab repo view

# View project information of specified name.
# glab repo view my-project
$ glab repo view user/repo
$ glab repo view group/namespace/repo

# Specify repository by full [Git] URL.
$ glab repo view git@gitlab.com:user/repo.git
$ glab repo view https://gitlab.company.org/user/repo
$ glab repo view https://gitlab.company.org/user/repo.git

```

## Options

```plaintext
  -b, --branch string   View a specific branch of the repository.
  -F, --output string   Format output as: text, json. (default "text")
  -w, --web             Open a project in the browser.
```

## Options inherited from parent commands

```plaintext
  -h, --help   Show help for this command.
```
