https://github.com/px86/gistmaker

GistMaker is a command line utility written in C++. It creates github gists from local files.
https://github.com/px86/gistmaker

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GistMaker is a command line utility written in C++. It creates github gists from local files.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/px86/gistmaker
• Owner: px86
• License: mit
• Created: 2022-12-31T14:19:54.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-31T14:20:15.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-06-16T19:07:11.806Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: cpp, github-api, github-gist
• Language: C++
• Homepage:
• Size: 7.81 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.org
  • License: LICENSE

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README

          
#+TITLE: GistMaker - create github gists from local files

#+AUTHOR: Pushkar Raj

#+EMAIL: px86@protonmail.com

#+DATE: [2022-12-31 Sat]

=GistMaker= is a command line utility written in C++. It creates github gists from local text files.

* How to build

Make sure you have =conan=, =cmake=, =gcc= installed.

#+begin_src shell

  git clone https://github.com/px86/gistmaker

  cd gistmaker

  mkdir build

  cd build

  conan install ..

  cmake ..

  cmake --build .

#+end_src

Note: the executable is named as =gm=.

* Usage

Create a github personal access token, with permissions to create/delete =gists=. And export it in the =GISTMAKER_TOKEN= environment variable.

#+begin_src shell

  Usage: gistmaker [OPTIONS]

  Options:

    --help            Print this help message

    --file, -f VAL    file to be uploaded

    --desc, -d VAL    gist description

    --public, -p      make gist public

#+end_src

** Example

#+begin_src shell

 gm --file ./path/to/somefile.md --public --desc "This is gist description"

#+end_src