Clone Public gists

clone_gists.js

const gistUser = process.argv[2]; if (!gistUser) {
  console.error('no gist user specified'); process.exit(1); }
const destDir = process.argv[3] || './';

const exec = require('child_process').exec;
const path = require('path');
exec(`curl -s https://api.github.com/users/${gistUser}/gists`, (e, so, se) => {
  gists = JSON.parse(so).map(gist => ({
    folder: gist.description || gist.id,
    pull: gist.git_pull_url }));
  console.log(`These public gists will be cloned in ${destDir}`);
    gists.forEach(gist => console.log(gist.folder));
  gists.forEach(gist => exec(`git clone ${gist.pull} "${path.join(destDir, gist.folder)}"`))
})