What is the difference between GitHub and gist?

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NSExplorer picture NSExplorer · Jul 20, 2011 · Viewed 151.4k times · Source

What is the purpose of gist and how is it different from regular code sharing/maintaining using GitHub?

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Kerrek SB picture Kerrek SB · Jul 20, 2011

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.

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