NAME

       gh-gist-create - Create a new gist

SYNOPSIS

       gh gist create [<filename>... | -] [flags]

DESCRIPTION

       Create a new GitHub gist with given contents.

       Gists can be created from one or multiple files. Alternatively, pass - as file name to read from standard
       input.

       By default, gists are secret; use --public to make publicly listed ones.

OPTIONS

       -d, --desc <string>
              A description for this gist

       -f, --filename <string>
              Provide a filename to be used when reading from standard input

       -p, --public
              List the gist publicly (default "secret")

       -w, --web
              Open the web browser with created gist

EXAMPLE

       # publish file 'hello.py' as a public gist
       $ gh gist create --public hello.py

       # create a gist with a description
       $ gh gist create hello.py -d "my Hello-World program in Python"

       # create a gist containing several files
       $ gh gist create hello.py world.py cool.txt

       # read from standard input to create a gist
       $ gh gist create -

       # create a gist from output piped from another command
       $ cat cool.txt | gh gist create

SEE ALSO

       gh-gist(1)

                                                    Jan 2025                                   GH-GIST-CREATE(1)