With GitHub for Visual Studio, you can easily create gists directly from the editor.
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Sign in to GitHub.
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Open a file in the Visual Studio text editor.
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Select the section of text that you want to create a gist from.
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Right click and select Create a GitHub Gist from the GitHub submenu to create the gist on GitHub.
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To create the gist on GitHub Enterprise select Create an Enterprise Gist option from the submenu.
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In the Create a GitHub Gist dialog, check that the filename is correct and optionally add a description.
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If you want the gist to be private, check the Private Gist checkbox.
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Click Create.
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Once the gist is created it will be opened in your browser.
