shorthand of view without username

pkg/cmd/repo/view/view.go

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/api"
+	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghinstance"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/internal/ghrepo"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/cmdutil"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/pkg/iostreams"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ func viewRun(opts *ViewOptions) error {
 	}
 
 	var toView ghrepo.Interface
+	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
 	if opts.RepoArg == "" {
 		var err error
 		toView, err = opts.BaseRepo()
@@ -71,14 +73,20 @@ func viewRun(opts *ViewOptions) error {
 		}
 	} else {
 		var err error
-		toView, err = ghrepo.FromFullName(opts.RepoArg)
+		viewURL := opts.RepoArg
+		if !strings.Contains(viewURL, "/") {
+			currentUser, err := api.CurrentLoginName(apiClient, ghinstance.Default())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			viewURL = currentUser + "/" + viewURL
+		}
+		toView, err = ghrepo.FromFullName(viewURL)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("argument error: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
-
 	repo, err := api.GitHubRepo(apiClient, toView)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

pkg/cmd/repo/view/view_test.go

@@ -469,3 +469,49 @@ func Test_ViewRun_NoDescription(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func Test_ViewRun_WithoutUsername(t *testing.T) {
+	reg := &httpmock.Registry{}
+	reg.Register(
+		httpmock.GraphQL(`query UserCurrent\b`),
+		httpmock.StringResponse(`
+		{ "data": { "viewer": {
+			"login": "OWNER"
+		}}}`))
+	reg.Register(
+		httpmock.GraphQL(`query RepositoryInfo\b`),
+		httpmock.StringResponse(`
+	{ "data": {
+		"repository": {
+		"description": "social distancing"
+	} } }`))
+	reg.Register(
+		httpmock.REST("GET", "repos/OWNER/REPO/readme"),
+		httpmock.StringResponse(`
+	{ "name": "readme.md",
+	"content": "IyB0cnVseSBjb29sIHJlYWRtZSBjaGVjayBpdCBvdXQ="}`))
+
+	io, _, stdout, stderr := iostreams.Test()
+	io.SetStdoutTTY(false)
+
+	opts := &ViewOptions{
+		RepoArg: "REPO",
+		HttpClient: func() (*http.Client, error) {
+			return &http.Client{Transport: reg}, nil
+		},
+		IO: io,
+	}
+
+	if err := viewRun(opts); err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("viewRun() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, heredoc.Doc(`
+			name:	OWNER/REPO
+			description:	social distancing
+			--
+			# truly cool readme check it out
+			`), stdout.String())
+	assert.Equal(t, "", stderr.String())
+	reg.Verify(t)
+}