install-gist-scripts

#!/usr/bin/env bash

GIST_ID=${1}

# Check if the GIST_ID param has a value
if [ -z "$GIST_ID" ];
then
    echo 'GIST_ID is a required parameter';

else
    # Move to the $HOME/bin directory where the gists will be stored
    cd ~/bin

    # Control will enter here if $DIRECTORY exists.
    if [ -d ${GIST_ID} ]; then
        echo 'The gist already exists and will be replaced'

        # Remove the existing symlinks
        for SCRIPT_NAME in ${GIST_ID}/*
        do
            echo 'Removing current symlink '`(basename ${SCRIPT_NAME})`
            rm `(basename ${SCRIPT_NAME})`;
        done

        # Remove the existing gist directory
        echo 'Removing current directory ' ${GIST_ID}
        rm -rf ${GIST_ID}
    fi

    # Clone the gist
    echo 'Cloning the gist'
    git clone git@gist.github.com:${GIST_ID}.git

    # Create a symlink in the bin directory to each file in the gist
    # This way each script can be called as an executable
    for SCRIPT_NAME in ${GIST_ID}/*
    do
        echo 'Creating a symlink for ' ${SCRIPT_NAME}
        ln ${SCRIPT_NAME};
        # Make the files inside the gist executable
        chmod +x ${SCRIPT_NAME}
    done

fi

This snippet was created based on the tutorial by on Nat Quayle Nelson on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3HEald6-1Q