Backup all gists. Copied from https://jpmens.net/2019/04/03/backup-all-my-gists/

backup_gists.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from github import Github	# pip install PyGithub
import json
import os

all = []

g = Github(open(os.path.expanduser("~/.gist")).read())

for gist in g.get_user().get_gists():
    all.append({
        "id"            : gist.id,
        "description"   : gist.description,
        "public"        : gist.public,
        "clone"         : gist.git_pull_url,
        "updated"       : gist.updated_at.isoformat(),
        "url"           : gist.url,
    })

    # yuck
    os.system("git clone '{0}' repos/{1}".format(gist.git_pull_url, gist.id))

with open("index.json", "w") as f:
    f.write(json.dumps(all, indent=4) + "\n")