Git Dot Io
git-dot-io is a deprecated tool designed to create custom URL shorteners using the official git.io service. Originally, git.io was restricted to shortening links pointing only to GitHub projects. This project bridges that gap by allowing users to redirect git.io links to any external website. The workflow involves creating a specific HTML or JSON entry in the project repository that defines the destination URL, often using a custom path like guest entries. Once the redirect path is set up on the intermediate domain, users can utilize the standard git.io interface to register a short alias pointing to their custom path. The tool supports both random short URLs generated via the web interface and vanity custom URLs created through the command line using curl. Users can specify a preferred code to generate personalized short links like git.io/myname. The project emphasizes that while it facilitates these redirects, it does not host or verify the content of the destination sites, placing responsibility on the use