chamerling · October 10, 2011 16:43 · Oct 10, 2011
diff --git a/gitio b/gitio
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Usage: gitio URL [CODE]
+#
+# Turns a github.com URL
+#  into a git.io URL
+#
+# Copies the git.io URL to your clipboard if xclip is available.
+
+URL="$1"
+CODE="$2"
+
+if ! expr "${URL}" : "^\(\(https\?://\)\?\(gist\.\)\?github.com/\)" >/dev/null; then
+	echo "* github.com URLs only" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if ! expr "${URL}" : "^http" >/dev/null; then
+	URL="https://${URL}"
+fi
+
+OUT="$(\
+	curl -si http://git.io -F "url=${URL}" ${CODE:+-F "code=${CODE}"} | \
+	sed '/^Status: /{s///;/^201/d;q};/^Location: /!d;s///'
+	)"
+
+if expr "${OUT}" : "^[0-9]\+" >/dev/null; then
+	echo "${OUT}" >&2
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "${OUT}"
+which xclip >/dev/null && echo "${OUT}" | xclip -selection clipboard