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What is a gist, really? Is it a versioned, modifiable and referencable publication? Can I store it in my github repo? Should we be using gist as a model for in
by mgualt 14y ago
What is a gist, really? Is it a versioned, modifiable and referencable publication? Can I store it in my github repo? Should we be using gist as a model for info packet? is there an "API"? If someone could explain their understanding of a gist, I would appreciate it.
- swanson 14y agoA gist is basically a mini-git repo. There is a revision history and they are attached to your github page. You can also folk or edit them and there is a permalink to each revision. There is programmatic access to gists via the github API. This might help clarify: An example of using gist.io: http://gist.io/3135754 http://gist.io/3135754 The underlying gist: https://gist.github.com/3135754 https://gist.github.com/3135754
- mmahemoff 14y agoI was thinking it would be nice if there was also https://gist.github.com/3135754.json https://gist.github.com/3135754.json Then I checked. And there is. Not to mention JSONP suppport. https://gist.github.com/3135754.json?callback=foo https://gist.github.com/3135754.json?callback=foo
- mgualt 14y agoVery interesting - I also noticed that gists have comments -- I'm not sure how those are handled. Doesn't this mean that gists are the ultimate blog? Can you even create them locally and push?