How to use?

The application can be used in 2 different ways

• Console input: Read the input and generate a fake file to submit. Ie, git diff | gistit
• Files: Specify one or more files to be submitted, Ie, gistit file1.txt file2.c file3.js

Available parameters

All the parameters are optional, but helps you to customize your gist.

• -v or --version - Show the application version and exit
• -h or --help - Show the avaliable parameters and how to use
• -d <STRING> or --description <STRING> - Set the GitHub Gist description
• -priv - Set the gist to be private. It will not mark exclusive only for you, but to anyone with the link
• -i <FILENAME> - Define the filename for console input. Setting the filename makes the GitHub highlight the text based on the extension. This parameter has no action when used with files.
• <FILE> - Use the FILE on the gist. You can specify multiple files.

Examples

Creating from files

$ gistit ~/.bashrc ~/Documents/share.txt
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/12345

Creating from some application output

$ ls | gistit
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/12345

It is similar of:

$ ls > default.txt
$ gistit default.txt
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/12345

Specify description and mark as private

ls | gistit -d "My computer files" -priv
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/12345

Define a custom filename to the gist

git diff | gistit -i my_commit.diff
Gist URL: https://gist.github.com/12345