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GH-GIST-CREATE(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-GIST-CREATE(1)

NAME

gh-gist-create - Create a new gist

SYNOPSIS

gh gist create [<filename>... | -] [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Create a new GitHub gist with given contents.

Gists can be created from one or multiple files. Alternatively, pass "-" as file name to read from standard input.

By default, gists are secret; use '--public' to make publicly listed ones.

OPTIONS

-d, --desc <string>
A description for this gist

-f, --filename <string>
Provide a filename to be used when reading from standard input

-p, --public
List the gist publicly (default: secret)

-w, --web
Open the web browser with created gist

EXAMPLE

# publish file 'hello.py' as a public gist
$ gh gist create --public hello.py
# create a gist with a description
$ gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python"
# create a gist containing several files
$ gh gist create hello.py world.py cool.txt
# read from standard input to create a gist
$ gh gist create -
# create a gist from output piped from another command
$ cat cool.txt | gh gist create

SEE ALSO

gh-gist(1)

Oct 2022