diff --git a/src/app/components/DebugFooter.js b/src/app/components/DebugFooter.js
index 31c1612..bdb1ca8 100644
--- a/src/app/components/DebugFooter.js
+++ b/src/app/components/DebugFooter.js
@@ -2,14 +2,18 @@
 
 import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 
+// Where the sha links to. Hard-coded rather than derived from a git remote:
+// the remote is a build-machine detail, the public repo is a product fact.
+const REPO_URL = 'https://github.com/tiennm99/vngeoguessr';
+
 // Footer credit plus build stamp, rendered on every page: who made this, and
 // which commit is this deployment?
 //
 // An in-flow strip at the bottom of the body's sticky-footer column, not a
 // fixed overlay: it owns its own row (and the home-indicator safe area), so
 // it never overlaps the game's panorama, map, or action bar, and no layer
-// needs a z-index to win over it. Clicking the sha copies the FULL value
-// (the label shows the short form).
+// needs a z-index to win over it. The sha label opens that commit on GitHub;
+// the button beside it copies the FULL sha (the label shows the short form).
 //
 // Height is --footer-h (36px) rather than the 44px touch floor: this strip is
 // a band taken out of the game's non-scrolling surface, where in landscape
@@ -17,6 +21,7 @@ import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 // minimum, and both targets stay wide.
 export default function DebugFooter() {
   const sha = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_COMMIT_SHA || 'unknown';
+  const hasSha = sha !== 'unknown';
   const [copied, setCopied] = useState(false);
   const resetTimerRef = useRef(null);
 
@@ -35,34 +40,58 @@ export default function DebugFooter() {
     }
   };
 
+  // Every footer target shares this: --footer-h tall so the tap area comes
+  // from padding rather than the deliberately tiny label. Horizontal padding
+  // is per-target, so the sha and its copy button can sit tight together
+  // while each still spans the full strip height.
+  const targetClass =
+    'flex min-h-(--footer-h) items-center justify-center rounded-md text-[11px] leading-none text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring';
+
   return (
-    <footer className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-2 border-t border-border bg-card pb-[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)]">
+    <footer className="flex shrink-0 items-center justify-center gap-1 border-t border-border bg-card pb-[env(safe-area-inset-bottom)]">
       <a
         href="https://miti99.com"
         target="_blank"
         rel="noopener noreferrer"
-        className="flex min-h-(--footer-h) items-center rounded-md px-3 text-[11px] leading-none text-muted-foreground transition-colors hover:text-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring"
+        className={`${targetClass} px-3`}
       >
         Made by <span className="underline underline-offset-2 mx-1">miti99</span> with{' '}
         <span aria-hidden="true" className="ml-1">❤️</span>
         <span className="sr-only">love</span>
       </a>
       <span className="text-[11px] leading-none text-muted-foreground" aria-hidden="true">·</span>
-      {/* The visual is deliberately tiny, so the tap target comes from
-          padding: --footer-h tall, well past the label's own box. min-w in ch
-          keeps the width stable when the 7-char sha swaps for the 7-char
-          'copied!', so the click never shifts the thing being clicked.
-          aria-live announces that swap to screen readers. */}
-      <button
-        type="button"
-        onClick={handleCopy}
-        aria-label="Copy build commit"
-        aria-live="polite"
-        title={sha}
-        className="flex min-h-(--footer-h) min-w-[9ch] cursor-pointer select-none items-center justify-center rounded-md px-3 font-mono text-[11px] leading-none text-muted-foreground underline underline-offset-2 transition-colors hover:text-foreground active:text-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-[3px] focus-visible:ring-ring"
-      >
-        {copied ? 'copied!' : sha.slice(0, 7)}
-      </button>
+      {/* The sha and its copy button read as one control, so they sit in a
+          gapless pair rather than as two separate items in the footer row. */}
+      <span className="flex items-center">
+        {hasSha ? (
+          <a
+            href={`${REPO_URL}/commit/${sha}`}
+            target="_blank"
+            rel="noopener noreferrer"
+            title={sha}
+            aria-label={`View build commit ${sha} on GitHub`}
+            className={`${targetClass} pl-2 pr-1 font-mono underline underline-offset-2`}
+          >
+            {sha.slice(0, 7)}
+          </a>
+        ) : (
+          <span className={`${targetClass} px-2 font-mono`}>{sha}</span>
+        )}
+        {/* aria-live announces the ✅ swap; the emoji itself is decorative, so
+            the label carries the meaning either way. */}
+        {hasSha && (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={handleCopy}
+            aria-label={copied ? 'Build commit copied' : 'Copy build commit'}
+            aria-live="polite"
+            title="Copy full commit sha"
+            className={`${targetClass} cursor-pointer select-none pl-1 pr-2 active:text-foreground`}
+          >
+            <span aria-hidden="true">{copied ? '✅' : '🗐'}</span>
+          </button>
+        )}
+      </span>
     </footer>
   );
 }