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Use gists for documentation!

Add gist to your ~/.ssh/config

Host gist
	Hostname gist.github.com
	User git
	IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<your_key_file_name_probably:id_rsa>

Create a gist

  • Login to github then go to gists

  • Create a new gist, add some test, and click "Create Public Gist"

  • Find the Gist ID. It's at the end of the URL: gist.github.com/<User ID>/<Gist ID>

    • For example this gist's id is f75f935539001306049a

Make a local repo for your gist

git clone gist:<Gist ID>.git <local repo name>
git clone gist:f75f935539001306049a.git gist_howto

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