How to download a single raw file using a deploy key from GitHub?

Asked Jul 17 '18 at 23:31

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I use a deploy key to clone a private git project on GitHub. I don't have a username and password to access the repo.

I want to know, how could I download just one file from the repo, without cloning the whole project?

The GitHub API to download a raw file seems to only support HTTP.

edited Jul 23 '18 at 09:21

anothernode

asked Jul 17 '18 at 23:31

LetsOMG

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did you try https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2466735/how-to-checkout-only-one-file-from-git-repository-sparse-checkout – rohit thomas Jul 18 '18 at 02:32
I tried. But it hangs when I use the command. – LetsOMG Jul 18 '18 at 18:57
is the file locked by someone else ??can you clone the repo ?? – rohit thomas Jul 19 '18 at 02:25
Yes. I can clone it. – LetsOMG Jul 25 '18 at 18:47
Is the file present it the clone ?? – rohit thomas Jul 26 '18 at 02:19

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