Since at least 2018, the order is alphabetical, with periods and numbers coming before letters. That is, as mentioned in Andrew D.Bond’s answer: $ . (dot) Numbers Leading space (although the space doesn’t appear after saving, the sort order is still updated) (although bis, in Sept. 2020, IvanaGyro adds in the comments leading spaces will … Read more
Take the gist URL from the left-hand side and after the .js add a query string like ?file=myFile.blah, e.g. <script src=”https://gist.github.com/4505639.js?file=macroBuild.scala” type=”text/javascript”></script>
I don’t think you can currently create gists as an organization account, but in my experience, if your account was a personal account and you created a gist under that account and then upgraded the account to an organization account, the gist stays but no new gists can be created. Also, seems like this answer … Read more
Even better, you can add a file with a leading space in its name. It’s virtually invisible and gives you more freedom when choosing the title and names for the files:
As of now, relative image links are working for me, in both a repository and a wiki. I’m using syntax like this:  Here’s an example: https://github.com/mark-anders/relative-image-url
I upload a Gist code and set it to be secret. Now I want to change the gist to public, but I can’t find how to set it publi Since May, 9th 2014, it is possible: “Change the visibility of your Gists“ You can change the visibility of your Gists whenever you want. When editing … Read more
With a little creativity you can achieve this faster than cloning. To drag/drop: Create the Gist Drag an image into the comment field below. This will auto-upload your image file to https://user-images.githubusercontent.com and insert markdown code in the comment field to display the image. Copy this markdown code to your gist Note: It is not … Read more
Check out GistBox. It supports searching, editing and labels. Here’s a screenshot: There’s also a demo video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLgyY6lqpsQ GistBox Clipper (a Chrome extension) also provides the ability to save <pre> tags and arbitrary text on any web page. Edit: Unfortunately, GistBox is becoming Cacher cacher.io – the free plan will only include: 15 private … Read more
You cannot currently open a pull request on a Gist. You can comment though on the Gist and ask the author to update the Gist from your fork.
GitHub is the entire site. Gists are a particular service offered on that site, namely code snippets akin to pastebin. However, everything is driven by git revision control, so gists also have complete revision histories.