Can I make a pull request on a gist on GitHub?

Question

Can I make a pull request on some else\'s gist on GitHub?

I\'m aware of the fork, clone and commit workflow for a gist I own. I\'d like to know if I can request to u

Answer 1

I don't think it is appropriate to have pull request on gists. The intent of gist.github.com was to improve upon the pastebin concept commonly used in IRC and forums. They chose to call the service "gist" because as vocabulary.com describes it...

When you need a quick summary of the essentials, rather than the whole story or a thorough explanation, you're looking for the gist.

However I will concede that github is missing a very important feature. The ability to create a full github repo out of a gist and keep metadata about its origins.

That would solve most of what people need. At that point, the only form of "request" that someone would need to submit is "hey, won't you make a full repo out of this." And that can be done in the comments. By NOT allowing pull requests, issues, etc. on gists, it allows the author to reply to such a comment with, "nah, it was just a hack I threw together and don't intend to support."

StackOverflow won't let you link to pastebin without including a code block. Done.