gistor

gistor

A simple CLI tool which could let you manage gist easily.

Usage

Install gistor using npm

npm install -g gistor

First setup your authorization information.

gistor --login --user {USERNAME} --pass {PASSWORD}

It will call github Authorization and create new one. If it success, will save return value to .gistor in your home directory. Then you can start using gistor to manage your gist right now!

create

gistor --create [--desc] {DESC} [files...]

Create a gist contains the files you given. You can also write the description using --desc.

update

gistor --update [gist-id] -e

Use -e will open your default editor and load your file automatically. Edit it and save it then gistor will update your file to gist.

delete

gistor --remove [gist-id]

Delete the specific gist based on specific id.

list

gistor --list

It will list your gist, including Id and description. (Id is necessary in following action)

search

gistor --search [keyword]

Search gist by keyword. Cause Github did not provide search API, parse the serach page right now. It will return the first 10 results just as gist searching page. The display format will just like follow:

=====
Author - Gist Name
Gist link
-----
File Content

folk

gistor --folk [gist-id]

Folk the target gist, also return the url of your folk gist.

get

gistor --get [gist-url || gist-id] [--file FILENAME]

Download target gist to current location, gistor will use filename as default, but you can replace with a new filename, using --file.