Properly download from github using wget and curl

gistfile1.sh

wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1
# --no-check-cerftificate was necessary for me to have wget not puke about https
curl -LJO https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

When I download with this way from github. I get xml file with some metadata, It does not download the actual file.
How to download the actual file ?

@prasadkudav,
You need to download the raw file which is kept at the domain raw.githubusercontent.com.
So a URL like this:
https://github.com/apolopena/gitpod-laravel8-starter/blob/main/README.md
Would need to be curled from here:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apolopena/gitpod-laravel8-starter/main/README.md

thank you!

@jwebcat what about a private repo? How do you pass the token?

thank you so much

it doesn't work with me, i tried: wget --no-check-certificate --content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1
Said Unable to establish SSL connection.

Thanks

thx!

Works solves my server upgrade

What about http connections

Thanks, it worked as a magic!

In a Dockerfile, you can use ADD to download from any source. it's helpful when your image doesn't have curl or wget, or if you can't use https.

Example:

ADD https://github.com/just-containers/s6-overlay/releases/download/v3.1.0.0/s6-overlay-noarch-3.1.0.0.tar.xz /tmp
RUN tar -C / -Jxpf /tmp/s6-overlay-noarch-3.1.0.0.tar.xz

Source: https://github.com/just-containers/s6-overlay#using-cmd

👍

Thanks!

Verify Github on Galxe. gid:S8JDzMFPiU7U23PJjf3RMJ

הגעתי לזה דוקא דרך גוגל ועובד מצוין!

I was stuck and your curl line just helped me. Thx!

Thx!

Could You Show how to do it on a self hosted git server?