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Editing and sharing content with gists

Creating gists

You can create two kinds of gists: public and secret. Create a public gist if you're ready to share your ideas with the world or a secret gist if you're not.

Forking and cloning gists

Gists are actually Git repositories, which means that you can fork or clone any gist, even if you aren't the original author. You can also view a gist's full commit history, including diffs.

Saving gists with stars

You can star gists to keep track of projects you find interesting.

Moderating gist comments

You can moderate comments on gists by turning them off or deleting unwanted entries.