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I was hoping this was about gists being publicly accessible even when they are private...

• ibraheemdev 6y ago
  Is that true? Do you have a source for that?
  • deleted 6y ago
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  • meetups323 6y ago
    If you try to make a gist you'll have the option of either "Create a secret gist: secret gists are hidden from search engines but visible to anyone you give the url to" or "Create a public gist: Public gists are visible to everyone" Parent seems to have confused "private" and "secret".
• re 6y ago
  They're not private, they're "secret". The descriptive text when choosing between "secret" and "public" says, "Secret gists are hidden by search engines but visible to anyone you give the URL to", though to be fair this isn't as prominent as it could be. Given that private repositories used to be a paid-only feature and that gists as a feature haven't been substantially updated in the last 8 years, I'm not all that surprised that there isn't a "private" gist type. https://docs.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github/creating-gists#about-gists https://docs.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github/creating... > Secret gists don't show up in Discover and are not searchable. Secret gists aren't private. If you send the URL of a secret gist to a friend , they'll be able to see it. However, if someone you don't know discovers the URL, they'll also be able to see your gist. If you need to keep your code away from prying eyes, you may want to create a private repository instead.