gRist

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.
–Ray Bradbury

Whats this?

gRist is a simple python script for indexing a user's GitHub gists.

gRist:

• Generates a single gist with an index of all other gists by description (or gist name if the description field is empty).
• Attempts to categorize gists based on hashtags found in the 0th-comment.
• Attempts to flag duplicated gists (cosine similarity of content > 80%).

What's the point? GitHub already offers a list of all your gists and there are clients for phones.

GitHub absolutely offers a list of gists in their web interface, but the author finds the 30-gists-per-page limit frustrating in the face of his 500+ gist collection and no mobile client offers a table of contents.

The author is a cumpulsive note taker who is beaing weaned off-of Google Keep.

Got a screenshot?

How would I run this?

Create a gist named index.md
Consider adding a star so it isn't easily misplaced
Populate your $HOME/.netrc file

Known issues

The author's workflow is one-file-per gist, YMMV if you include multiple files in a single gist.

Hat-Tip

vpekar from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15173225