#!/bin/bash # Create a gist from the current directory # # Creates a gist on an OpenGist instance from the current directory. # It will take care of initializing the git repo, committing all files, and # pushing to the configured endpoint. On completion, it will update the remote # URL to the created gist. # # The script requires that you create the file $HOME/.config/create-gist/url, # and it should have the endpoint to an OpenGist creation URL (e.g. # https://gist.example.org/init) set -euo pipefail if [[ ! -f $HOME/.config/create-gist/url ]]; then echo "In order to use this utility, you must define the file \$HOME/.config/create-gist/url" >2 echo "and the contents of that file must be an endpoint to an OpenGist installation" >2 echo "(e.g. https://gist.example.org/init)" >2 exit 1 fi gist_init_url=$(cat "$HOME/.config/create-gist/url" | tr -d '') gist_dir="$PWD" git init -b main git add . git commit -m 'Creating gist' git remote add origin "$gist_init_url" push_result=$(git push -u origin main 2>&1) echo "$push_result" remote_url=$(echo "$push_result" | grep -Po "git remote set-url origin https:\/\/\S+" | grep -Po "https:\/\/\S+") if [[ "$remote_url" =~ ^https:// ]]; then git remote set-url origin "$remote_url" echo "Remote origin updated to ${remote_url}" echo "Visit the gist online: ${remote_url}" else echo "Unable to determine gist URL; creation may have failed" fi