gh-gist-clone(1)

gh-gist-clone1

Clone a gist locally

Usage

gh gist clone <gist> [<directory>] [-- <gitflags> ...]

Overview

Clone a GitHub gist locally.

A gist can be supplied as argument in either of the following formats: - by ID, e.g. 5b0e0062eb8e9654adad7bb1d81cc75f - by URL, e.g. https://gist.github.com/OWNER/5b0e0062eb8e9654adad7bb1d81cc75f

Pass additional git clone flags by listing them after --.

Exit status

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

From github-cli 2.102.1-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.