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 gist.el -- Emacs integration for gist.github.com
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+[![Gitter](https://badges.gitter.im/Join Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/dontforgetmario/gist.el?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)
 
 Uses your local GitHub config if it can find it.
 See <http://github.com/blog/180-local-github-config>