wget using git credentials

Z0q

1/5/24, 1:26 PM

How do I run wget or curl to download a single file from a Git repository which is already authenticated in Git?

It seems that I need to pass a private key or a public key, but I am already authenticated in this Git repository using Git credentials manager, so why do I need to pass the private key?

I want to run the command without having to pass the key. Is this possible?

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matigo

1/5/24, 1:56 PM

The wget and curl commands will not use the keys you may have in .git-credentials or in the local store helper.

So, in order to download a file from a private GitHub repo directly, you'll need to get a Personal Access Token and then download like this:

wget --header 'Authorization: token {your access token here}' https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{yourGitHubAccount}/{yourRepo}/main/path/to/file

Important:

be sure to replace {your access token here} with your Personal Access Token (remember that Tokens are repository specific)
be sure to replace {youGitHubAccount} with your GitHub account name
be sure to replace {yourRepo} with the repository name
be sure to replace /main/path/to/file with the proper branch and path

If you do this often, you can wrap all of this in a shell script to save time.

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