gist(1)

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NAME

gist -- gist on the command line

SYNOPSIS

gist [-p] [-t extension] FILE

DESCRIPTION

gist can be used to create gists on gist.github.com from the command line. There are two primary methods of creating gists.

If standard input is supplied, it will be used as the content of the new gist. If FILE is provided, the content of that file will be used to create the gist.

Once your gist is successfully created, the URL will be copied to your clipboard. If you are on OS X, gist will open the gist in your browser, too.

OPTIONS

gist's default mode of operation is to read content from standard input and create a public, text gist from it, tied to your GitHub account if you user and token are provided (see CONFIGURATION).

These options can be used to change this behavior:

-p, --private

Create a private gist instead of a public gist.

-t, --type

Set the file extension explicitly. Passing a type of rb ensure the gist is created as a Ruby file.

You may additionally ask for help:

-h, --help

Print help.

-m, --man

Display this man page.

CONFIGURATION

Use git-config(1) to display the currently configured GitHub username:

$ git config --global github.user

Or, set the GitHub username with:

$ git config --global github.user <username>

See http://github.com/guides/local-github-config for more information.

gist will check the HTTP_PROXY env variable if supplied:

$ HTTP_PROXY=http://host:port/ gist script.py

EXAMPLES

$ gist < file.txt
$ echo secret | gist --private
$ echo "puts :hi" | gist -t rb
$ gist script.py

BUGS

http://github.com/defunkt/gist/issues

AUTHOR

Chris Wanstrath :: chris@ozmm.org

SEE ALSO

hub(1), git(1), git-clone(1), http://github.com, http://github.com/defunkt/gist

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2. February 2010
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