GitHub Exam GitHub-Foundations Topic 3 Question 10 Discussion

A gist on GitHub is essentially a Git repository, albeit a simplified one, designed for sharing snippets of code, notes, or other text content. Gists support version control and can be public or secret.

Gist as a Git Repository:

Option B is correct because each gist is a Git repository, meaning you can clone it, commit changes, and even fork it, just like any other Git repository.

Incorrect Options:

Option A is incorrect because a gist is not an app; it's a feature of GitHub that provides a simplified repository.

Option C is incorrect because while a gist may contain Markdown documents, it is fundamentally a repository that can hold various file types.

Option D is incorrect because GitHub Pages is a separate service for hosting websites, not related to gists.

GitHub Docs: About Gists