GISTAGE OMG

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gistage

Edit/manage gists, even with multiple files, in an editor of your choice.

Requirements

• bash
• gist cli
• git
• common shell utils: awk, sed, xargs

Usage

usage: gistage [[[-n] [-e gist]] [-d description] | [-h]]

• -n Create a new Gist
• -e gist_id Edit a Gist
• -d "description here" add/edit a description to your gist

Configuration

Export a GIST_EDITOR environment variable which accepts a directory as its argument ala:

vim /tmp/lol_im_a_gist/

gistage.bash

#!/bin/bash

function usage
{
    echo "usage: gistage [[[-n] [-e gist]] [-d description] | [-h]]"
}

function workon
{
    ID=$1
    GIST_EDITOR="$2"
    INITIAL=$3
    git clone git@gist.github.com:/$ID.git /tmp/$ID
    pushd /tmp/$ID/
    if [[ $INITIAL ]]; then
        rm "0-created.md"
    fi
    ${GIST_EDITOR} /tmp/$ID
    git status | grep "deleted:" | awk -F":" '{print $NF}' | sed -e 's/^ *//' -e 's/ *$//' | xargs git rm
    git add *
    git commit -m "gistage"
    git push origin master
    popd
}

description="gistage"

GIST_EDITOR=${GIST_EDITOR:="/Applications/LightPaper.app/Contents/MacOS/LightPaper"}

while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
    case $1 in
        -n | --new )
            new=1
            ;;
        -e | --edit )
            edit=1
            shift
            gist=$1
            ;;
        -d | --description )
            shift
            description=$1
            ;;
        -h | --help )
            usage
            exit
            ;;
        * )
            usage
            exit 1
    esac
    shift
done

if [[ "x${new}" == "x${edit}" ]]; then
    echo "You must choose one of -n/--new or -e/--edit"
    usage
    exit 1
fi

if [[ "x${edit}" == "x1" ]] && [[ "x${gist}" == "x" ]]; then
    echo "You must specify a gist with -e/--edit"
    usage
    exit
fi

if [[ "x${new}" == "x1" ]]; then
    OUTPUT=$(gist -p -f "0-created.md" -d "${description}" <<EOF
created with [gistage](https://github.com/ewdurbin/gistage)
EOF)
    ID=$(basename $OUTPUT)
    workon $ID "$GIST_EDITOR" 1
fi

if [[ "x${edit}" == "x1" ]]; then
    ID="${gist}"
    workon $ID "$GIST_EDITOR"
fi

echo ""
echo "Gist ID: $ID"