Gist uploader and downloader

[Fingercomp 37]

This program can download gists, upload files to gist and do some more things.

It uses JSON library, which will be downloaded automatically if it is missing.

 

Usage:

 

For example, you need to upload some junk.

To do this, you need to specify -p flag. --P=s flag makes your gist to be a secret one (it will not show up in lists). Use --desc="description" to provide a description for a gist. Then you should specify each file you want to upload as argument. (/path/to/the/file/on/computer.lua=fileOnGistWith.ext). The command will look like this:

gist -p --P=s --desc="Hello, world!" /examples/hello.c=helloworld.c /examples/hello.lua=helloworld.lua

You will get a long URL to the created gist, like this one: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/a2b3c5d7e9f1a3b5c7d9e

That's why there's a -s option. If you specify it when uploading, you'll get a short URL.

 

Let's assume you want to download this gist.

If you type the following command:

gist a2b3c5d7e9f1a3b5c7d9e

the contents of the gist will be printed on the screen. But what if there are multiple files? Then you'll get an error with a list of files. So I need to choose one and specify it with the --f option: --f=helloworld.c.

If this program was unable to save contents to a file, I think, it would be useless. So if you need to save gist to the file /tmp/helloworld.c, you should place it after the gist ID.

gist --f=helloworld.c a2b3c5d7e9f1a3b5c7d9e /tmp/helloworld.c

If the output file existed, you had to specify -r flag.

Instead of gist ID you can use Git.io URL.

 

There's some other options left.

• -s. Shorten a specified URL via Git.io.
• -R. Show a raw file contents URL.
• -q. Quiet mode: do not show regular info.
• -Q. Superquiet mode: do not show errors.
• -l. List files in a gist.
• -i. Show info about file.
• -G. Show info about gist.

If you won't specify any arguments, the help will be displayed.

 

Download:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OpenPrograms/Fingercomp-Programs/master/gist/gist.lua gist.lua