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Init Gists via Git ​

Opengist allows you to create new snippets via Git over HTTP. You can create gists with either auto-generated URLs or custom URLs of your choice.

Simply init a new Git repository where your file(s) is/are located:

shell
git init
git add .
git commit -m "My cool snippet"

Option A: Regular URL ​

Create a gist with a custom URL using the format http://opengist.url/username/custom-url, where username is your authenticated username and custom-url is your desired gist identifier.

The gist must not exist yet if you want to create it, otherwise you will just push to the existing gist.

shell
git remote add origin http://opengist.url/thomas/my-custom-gist

git push -u origin master

Requirements for custom URLs:

  • The username must match your authenticated username
  • URL format: http://opengist.url/username/custom-url
  • The custom URL becomes your gist's identifier and title
  • .git suffix is automatically removed if present

Option B: Init endpoint ​

Use the special http://opengist.url/init endpoint to create a gist with an automatically generated URL:

shell
git remote add origin http://opengist.url/init

git push -u origin master

Authentication ​

When you push, you'll be prompted to authenticate:

shell
Username for 'http://opengist.url': thomas
Password for 'http://thomas@opengist.url': [your-password]
Enumerating objects: 3, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (2/2), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 416 bytes | 416.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
remote:
remote: Your new repository has been created here: http://opengist.url/thomas/6051e930f140429f9a2f3bb1fa101066
remote:
remote: If you want to keep working with your gist, you could set the remote URL via:
remote: git remote set-url origin http://opengist.url/thomas/6051e930f140429f9a2f3bb1fa101066
remote:
To http://opengist.url/init
 * [new branch]      master -> master