Backup all your GitHub Gists (inc. private gists)

Backup all your GitHub Gists (inc. private gists).md

Install this gem: https://github.com/swdyh/gisty
Create a new access token in GitHub: https://github.com/settings/tokens
- You only need the gist box ticked, nothing else necessary
Set this: export GISTY_DIR="$HOME/path/where/you/want/gists/saved"
Set this: export GISTY_ACCESS_TOKEN=xxxxxxxxxx
Run this: gisty sync

…now sit and wait for it to start cloning all your gists into the specified directory

Use ls -l | wc -l to count how many gists you have

The cloned gists are placed inside folders named after the gist ID so it’s not exactly clear what a folder is.

You can obviously try and search through your gists using something like:

function search_gists(){
  local search=*$1*
  find . -name $search
}

search_gists docker
search_gists aws

But remember that this is for local backups and not a replacement for GitHub’s Gist service