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Manage Github Gist with VSCode
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Visual Studio Code to manage Github Gist

Install Github Gist Extension

Search and install Gist (kenhowardpdx.vscode-gist) extension from Marketplace.

Setting up Github Connection

  1. From your Github profile, go to Settings and Develpoper Setttings

  2. Generate a new Personal access token

  3. Select a useful namee (e.g. GistTokenForVSCode) and select gist scope.

  4. Copy Personal token

  5. In VSCode, go to command pallete (Shift + Control + P) - search GIST: Create Profile, choose Github.com (common) and add your personal token

Reading Gist

In VSCode, go to command pallete (Shift + Control + P) - search GIST: Open Gist

Creating Gist

In VSCode, go to command pallete (Shift + Control + P) - search '''GIST: Create new Gist'''

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@ivantorrellas
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@rohgoyal But this doesn't give us the GIT commit features. It just saves it directly...

Check the following docs to clone a gist
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/writing-on-github/editing-and-sharing-content-with-gists/forking-and-cloning-gists#cloning-gists

@themegabyte
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Thank you @ivantorrellas. You are awesome :)

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