backup all gists with gh command

01-README.md

gist backup with gh

Install the offical Github cli tool from here, login, and then dump all gists:

gh auth login
mkdir ~/gists
cd ~/gists
gh gist list | awk '{print $1}' | xargs -I{} gh gist clone {}

to update them:

cd ~/gists
find . -not -path "./gisthub-bu" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -print -exec git -C {} pull --ff-only \;

download-gists.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

IFS=$'\n'
set -f
set -e

printf "start git BU\n"
gh gist list | awk '{print $1}' > gists.txt

for i in $(cat < "gists.txt"); do
    printf "Gist: $i\n";
    [ -d "$i" ] && echo 'updating' && git -C $i pull --ff-only;
    [ ! -d "$i" ] && echo 'new gist' && gh gist clone $i;
    sleep 1;
    printf '\n';
done

printf "git BU finished\n"