Installation

$ [sudo] pip install gist-generator

$ [sudo] npm i -g gist-generator

How it works

• description as folder name. or description.txt if exist
• gitignore supported
• clones .git after gist creation
• skip if .git exists

Config

$ export GITHUB_TOKEN="<GITHUB_TOKEN>"

Examples

$ gist-generator .

private gist

$ gist-generator -p .

create multiple gists

$ find ~/git/gists -type d -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -exec gist-generator {} \;

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