Download GitHub releases from the command line. This also supports private repositories by providing a GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT) without requiring any additional permissions.
$ drl --help
Download a release asset from GitHub
Notes:
* The ASSET URL should be in 3 formats:
- REPO_OWNER/REPO_NAME/[Tag]/FILE_NAME => The [Tag] is optional, if not specified will be treated as "latest"
- github.com/REPO_OWNER/REPO_NAME/releases/download/[Tag]/FILE_NAME
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ithub.com/REPO_OWNER/REPO_NAME/releases/latest/download/FILE_NAME
* Currently, this tool only supports hosting on GitHub. Enterprise GitHub is not supported yet.
Usage:
drl REPO_OWNER/REPO_NAME/[Tag]/FILE_NAME [--github.token PAT] [--output FILE] [flags]
Examples:
# Download the latest release asset from the owner/repo repository
$ drl owner/repo/asset.tar.gz
# Download the latest release asset from the owner/repo repository using a GitHub token
$ GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_token drl owner/repo/asset.tar.gz
# Download the latest release asset from the owner/repo repository to a file
$ drl owner/repo/asset.tar.gz --output asset.tar.gz
# Download a specific release asset from the owner/repo repository
$ drl owner/repo/v1.0.0/asset.tar.gz
# Decompress tarball file in the fly
$ drl owner/repo/asset.tar.gz | tar -xvz -C /tmp
Flags:
--github.token GITHUB_TOKEN The GitHub token is used to download releases from a private repository. You can use this by setting the environment variable GITHUB_TOKEN.
-h, --help help for drl
-o, --output string The output file to store the release asset. Default is stdout.
-s, --silent Silent or quiet mode. Do not show progress meter.
-v, --version Print the version