Gist Directory

.0_explain.md

This can be used to create a gist with the contents of a directory, using a custom "ignore" file to filter out unwanted files.

The reason someone might want to do this is if they want to snapshot a directory for future reference but doesn't want to go through the hassle of setting up a full-fledged repository for it.

To use this, in a git repo create your .gistignore file, then run the commands in snapshot.sh.

To download a gist that was created in this way, run the commands in clone.sh.

.gistignore

.gistignore

# rust
target/
Cargo.lock
bindings.rs

# wasm
*.wasm

1_snapshot.sh

NAME='<NAME>'
NAME=$(echo $NAME | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr ' ' '_')

DESCRIPTION=$(cat << EOF
<DESCRIPTION>
EOF
)

# create staging dir
TMP=$(mktemp -d)

# stage files
git ls-files --exclude-from=.gistignore --others | while read -r file; do
    cp $file $TMP/$(echo $file | sed 's|/|__|g')
done

# create top-namespace
cat > $TMP/.snapshot__$NAME.md << EOF
# Description

$DESCRIPTION
EOF

# create gist
gh gist create $TMP/.* $TMP/*

# clean up
rm -r $TMP

2_clone.sh

GIST_ID='272238ec211674a229cff64c6e1c64e1'

# clone gist
gh gist clone $GIST_ID

# unstage files
for file in $GIST_ID/*; do
    p=$(echo $file | sed 's|__|\/|g')
    mkdir -p $(dirname $p)
    mv $file $p
done