getgithub

Get specific file or directory from the a github repo without cloning.

How to Install/Get

$ go get github.com/praveenkumar/getgithub
$ export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin
$ getgithub -h
 Usage of ./getgithub:
   -branch string
     	branch or tag (default "master")
   -dest string
     	Destination directory (default "/Users/prkumar/work/github/go_practice/src/github.com/praveenkumar/getgithub/out")
   -dir string
     	Directory or file to download (default "/")
   -list
     	List the directory/file for provided Path
   -owner string
     	Name of the repo owner
   -repo string
     	Name of the repo

How to Use

Get the list of file and directories from the top of repository.

 $ ./getgithub -repo minishift -owner minishift -list
file 	 .gitignore 
file 	 Gopkg.lock 
file 	 Gopkg.toml 
file 	 LICENSE 
file 	 Makefile 
dir 	 cmd 
dir 	 test 
dir 	 .circleci 
file 	 .travis.yml 
file 	 README.adoc 
file 	 ROADMAP.adoc 
file 	 centos_ci.sh 
dir 	 addons 
dir 	 scripts 
dir 	 .github 
file 	 .gitlab-ci.yml 
file 	 CONTRIBUTING.adoc 
file 	 appveyor.yml 
dir 	 docs 
file 	 gen_help_text.go 
dir 	 pkg 

Get the list of files and directories from specified directory.

$ ./getgithub -repo minishift -owner minishift -dir /pkg -list
dir 	 pkg/version 
dir 	 pkg/minikube 
dir 	 pkg/minishift 
dir 	 pkg/testing 
dir 	 pkg/util

Get the content of the file and directories from specified directory keeping directory tree intact.

$ ./getgithub -repo minishift -owner minishift -dir /pkg/minishift -dest /tmp/
$ ls /tmp/pkg/minishift/
addon		cluster		config		docker		network		openshift	provisioner	shell		update
cache		clusterup	constants	hostfolder	oc		profile		registration	systemd		util

How to build

$ make build

Note

If you get rate limit error then set GH_TOKEN to environment variable.

$ export GH_TOKEN=<my_token>

• Github Token: https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-personal-access-token-for-the-command-line/