Octoherd-script-get-files NPM

octoherd-script-get-files

The easiest way to download files from GitHub.

Minimal usage

npx octoherd-script-get-files \
  --source README.md \
  --output ./out

Pass all options as CLI flags to avoid user prompts

npx octoherd-script-get-files \
  -T ghp_0123456789abcdefghjklmnopqrstuvwxyzA \
  -R "octolinker/*" \
  --source README.md \
  --output ./out

option	type	description
`--source`	string	Required. File to download. This can also be a Glob see example.
`--output`	string	Required. Specify a path to place the downloaded file or directory (instead of using the current working directory). Directories specified in the path will be created by this command.
`--ignore-archived` or `--no-ignore-archived`	boolean	Default `true`. Ignores archive repositories
`--ignore-forks` or `--no-ignore-forks`	boolean	Default `true`. Ignores forked repositories
`--ignore-public` or `--no-ignore-public`	boolean	Default `false`. Ignores public repositories
`--ignore-private` or `--no-ignore-private`	boolean	Default `false`. Ignores private repositories
`--octoherd-token`, `-T`	string	A personal access token (create). Script will create one if option is not set
`--octoherd-repos`, `-R`	array of strings	One or multiple space-separated repositories in the form of `repo-owner/repo-name`. `repo-owner/` will find all repositories for one owner. `` will find all repositories the user has access to. Will prompt for repositories if not set
`--octoherd-bypass-confirms`	boolean	Bypass prompts to confirm mutating requests

Download a single file

npx octoherd-script-get-files -R octolinker/octolinker --source=README.md --output=./out

Download a single file by full path

npx octoherd-script-get-files -R octolinker/octolinker --source=.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md --output=./out

Download recursively all files with a certain file extension

npx octoherd-script-get-files -R octolinker/octolinker --source='**/*.html' --output=./out

Download recursively all files from a specific folder

npx octoherd-script-get-files -R octolinker/octolinker --source='.github/**/*' --output=./out

Download everything

npx octoherd-script-get-files -R octolinker/octolinker --source='**/*' --output=./out

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