diff --git a/.config/nvim/init.lua b/.config/nvim/init.lua
index ca789f6..835504e 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/init.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/init.lua
@@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ require('user.completion')
 require('user.nvim-colorizer')
 
 -- experiment to give you a remote git permalink URL for your your current line
--- require('user.git_url')
+require('user.git_url')
diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/user/git_url.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/user/git_url.lua
index fd4d9b4..d1b662e 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/user/git_url.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/user/git_url.lua
@@ -6,28 +6,47 @@ local function get_git_url()
     -- split into git@github.com and jessebot/onboardme.git
     local base_domain, owner_repo = string.match(remote_origin, "(.*):(.*)")
 
+    print(base_domain)
+
     -- this only works on github right now
-    if string.find(base_domain, "github") then
-        -- get the name of the current opened file
-        local current_file = vim.fn.expand('%:p')
+    if string.find(base_domain, "github.com") then
+        local gh_url = "https://github.com/"
 
         -- git repo root directory
-        local git_root_dir = vim.fn.system("git rev-parse --show-toplevel")
-        remote_file_path = current_file:gsub(git_root_dir, "")
-        print(remote_file_path)
-
+        local git_root_dir = vim.fn.system("git rev-parse --show-prefix"):gsub("[\n\r]", " ")
+        -- get the name of the current opened file
+        local current_file = vim.fn.expand('%:t')
         -- get the current line number
         local current_line = unpack(vim.api.nvim_win_get_cursor(0))
-        file_line = remote_file_path .. "#L" .. current_line
 
+        -- combine file path, naem of file, and line number
+        local file_line = git_root_dir .. current_file .. "#L" .. current_line
+        file_line = string.gsub(file_line, "%s+", "")
+
+        -- get name of branch
         local branch = vim.fn.system("git branch --show")
 
         -- changes jessebot/onboardme.git to jessebot/onboardme/blob/main/
-        repo_branch_url = owner_repo:gsub(".git", "/blob/" .. branch)
+        local repo_branch_url = owner_repo:gsub(".git", "/blob/" .. branch)
 
-        local gh_url = "https://github.com/" .. repo_branch_url .. "/" .. file_line
+        -- combines https://github.com/ + jessebot/onboardme/blob/main/ + path/file.txt#1
+        gh_url = gh_url .. repo_branch_url .. "/" .. file_line
+
+        -- remove all new lines and white space
+        gh_url = string.gsub(gh_url, "%s+", "")
+        gh_url = string.gsub(gh_url, "[\n\r]", "")
+
+        print("External git link is:")
         print(gh_url)
     end
 end
 
-get_git_url()
+-- ------------------------------ open bpython -------------------------------
+-- install bpython beforehand: brew install bpython
+vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(
+    'GitUrl',
+    function()
+        get_git_url()
+    end,
+    { bang = true }
+)