I used Gists quite a lot for a while, then things like the TIL post (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11068902" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11068902</a>) and <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;samba.org&#x2F;ftp&#x2F;tridge&#x2F;talks&#x2F;junkcode.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;samba.org&#x2F;ftp&#x2F;tridge&#x2F;talks&#x2F;junkcode.pdf</a> made me realise that a lot of things are better off in full Git repos.<p>Maybe that says more about the Gist UI than anything else. I still think there&#x27;s a chance for a Git-backed OneNote clone to really take off - if you hid Git away for normal users it would be really powerful.<p>I think some concept of scratch&#x2F;temporary repositories might be better than a Gist-style thing, but Gist with a better UI might work too.