gcli gists — manage Github Gists
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Bugs
This subcommand only works on GitHub. It is not implemented for GitLab, as GitLab snippets work
differently.
Please report bugs via E-Mail to ~herrhotzenplotz/gcli-discuss@lists.sr.ht.
Alternatively you can report them on any of the forges linked at https://herrhotzenplotz.de/gcli.
However, the preferred and quickest method is to use the mailing list.
gcli 2.3.0 2024-May-25 GCLI-GISTS(1)
Description
Use gcli to list, create, download or delete Github Gists. Without a subcommand specified, gcli will
list Gists of the given or autodetected user account.
Examples
List neutaaaaan's Gists:
$ gcli gists -u neutaaaaan
Paste a new gist named foobar and read from foobar.txt:
$ gcli gists create foobar < foobar.txt
Delete gist with id 3b546069d2856e6051bbe3c1080f1b5d:
$ gcli gists delete 3b546069d2856e6051bbe3c1080f1b5d
Print foobar.txt from Gist with id 3b546069d2856e6051bbe3c1080f1b5d into your pager:
$ gcli gists get 3b546069d2856e6051bbe3c1080f1b5d foobar.txt | $PAGER
Name
gcli gists — manage Github Gists
Options
-l, --long
Print a long list instead of a short table.
-s, --sorted
Reverse the output such that most recent items appear at the bottom.
-u, --userowner
List Gists of the given user.
-n, --countn
Fetch at least n gists. Setting n to -1 will fetch all gists. Default: 30. Note that on users
with many gists fetching all gists can take a considerable amount of time and may result in rate
limiting by the GitHub API.
See Also
git(1), gcli(1)
Subcommands
create Paste a new Gist. The following flags can be specified:
-f, --filefile
Read the content from the specified file instead of standard input.
-d, --descriptiondescription
The description of the Gist to be created.
delete Delete a Gist. The following options can be specified:
-y, --yes
Do not ask for confirmation before deleting the Gist. Assume yes.
get Download a file from a Gist. There are no options to this subcommand.
Synopsis
gcli [-s] [-l] [-nn] [-uuser]
gclicreate [-ddescription] [-fpath] gist-file-namegclidelete [-y] gist-idgcligetgist-idfile-name