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upload-gist.sh

#!/bin/bash

public=true
desc="(none)"

for i; do
	case "$i" in
		-p)
			public=false
			shift
			;;
		-d)
			desc="$2"
			shift; shift
			;;
		-u)
			github_user="$2"
			shift; shift
			;;
		*)
			break
	esac
done

escape_json() {
	sed -e 's_\\_\\\\_g' \
		-e 's/$/\\n/' \
		-e 's/"/\\"/g' \
		-e s/$'\t'/'\\t'/g \
		| tr -d "\n"
}

gist_as_json() {
	desc="$1"
	public="$2"
	shift; shift
	files_added=0
	echo "{"
	printf "\"description\": \"%s\",\n" "$(escape_json <<<"$desc")"
	printf "\"public\": %s,\n" "$public"
	echo "\"files\": {"
	for f; do # in "$@"
		if ((files_added > 0)); then
			printf ", "
		fi
		printf "\"%s\": { \"content\": \"%s\" }\n" "$f" "$(escape_json <"$f")"
		files_added="$((files_added + 1))"
	done
	echo "} }"
}

gist_as_json "$desc" "$public" "$@" \
 	| curl --silent -H "Content-type: application/json" -d @- https://api.github.com/gists \
 	| sed -n '/html_url/ {;s/^.* //;s/"//g;s/,$//;p;q;}'