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Properly download from github using wget and curl
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
@OctavioBR
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Don't know why --remote-header-name is required. It works fine only with --location & --remote-name

@g0d0
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g0d0 commented Aug 5, 2020

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

@trylaarsdam
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thanks for this!

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

This likely means your URL is invalid (the file isn't on the server)

@dienluong
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-J, --remote-header-name

(HTTP) This option tells the -O, --remote-name option to use the server-specified Content-Disposition filename instead of extracting a filename from the URL.

If the server specifies a file name and a file with that name already exists in the current working directory it will not be overwritten and an error will occur. If the server doesn't specify a file name then this option has no effect.

There's no attempt to decode %-sequences (yet) in the provided file name, so this option may provide you with rather unexpected file names.

WARNING: Exercise judicious use of this option, especially on Windows. A rogue server could send you the name of a DLL or other file that could possibly be loaded automatically by Windows or some third party software.

Source: https://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html#-J

Generally, one shouldn't blindly use command options without knowing what they do.

@azmanhamid
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TQ

@MetaKomora
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Thank you so much

@DivineAlien
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nice nice

@arcticOak2
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Thank you so much <3

@solankiravi
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None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

I think you are trying to clone the private repo. To download private repo you should use a token.

@wook-coder
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TQ

@FASLADODO
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Thanks

@prasadkudav
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prasadkudav commented Mar 22, 2021

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 ?

@apolopena
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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

@81322068
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thank you!

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

@okparaa
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okparaa commented May 29, 2021

thank you so much

@mleonardblair
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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.

@khorramk
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Thanks

@taylortaurus
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thx!

@SalimF
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SalimF commented Oct 31, 2021

Works solves my server upgrade

@pablodz
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pablodz commented Nov 9, 2021

What about http connections

@Yuchengw
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Thanks, it worked as a magic!

@alielmajdaoui
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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

@cchwala
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cchwala commented May 4, 2022

๐Ÿ‘

@showgood163
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Thanks!

@vancuongdbj
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Verify Github on Galxe. gid:S8JDzMFPiU7U23PJjf3RMJ

@NHLOCAL
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NHLOCAL commented Oct 17, 2022

ื”ื’ืขืชื™ ืœื–ื” ื“ื•ืงื ื“ืจืš ื’ื•ื’ืœ ื•ืขื•ื‘ื“ ืžืฆื•ื™ืŸ!

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

@cig0
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cig0 commented Nov 21, 2023

Thx!

@unkn0wncvm1
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Could You Show how to do it on a self hosted git server?

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