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A simple guide that explains how to correctly clone a GitHub Gist via SSH
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How to clone a Gist via SSH

Rules to follow

  1. The user is git (as with "standard" www.github.com GitHub repositories)

  2. The domain is gist.github.com

  3. The author's name is not present

  4. As usual, a .git suffix needs to be added

Example

For instance, if the URL to clone is:

https://gist.github.com/andreabradpitto/5383d118958cda9a38e60e53d0dd59b0

then the command to run is:

git clone git@gist.github.com:5383d118958cda9a38e60e53d0dd59b0.git
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