Easily clone gists that you own using SSH instead of HTTP

gistclone

#!/bin/bash

# <<< gistclone >>>
#
# Why clone gists with HTTP when you can use SSH?
#
# Just put this somewhere in your PATH, make it executable, and you're good to go.
#
# Usage:
# $ gistclone <gist_url> [<directory>]
#
# Examples:
# $ gistclone https://gist.github.com/openspectrum/5455134 my_gist
# OR
# $ gistclone https://gist.github.com/5455134.git my_gist

gist_url=$1
gist_dir=$2

# Extract sha from url
if [[ $gist_url = *gist* ]]
then
  sha=${gist_url##*/}
  sha=${sha%.git}
else
  echo 'Unable to parse gist url'
  exit 1
fi

# Convert sha to git uri
git_uri="git@github.com:$sha.git"

# Clone the gist into the directory
exec git clone $git_uri $gist_dir