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How To Download Files From GitHub

If you’ve ever used GitHub before, you know that it’s not immediately clear on how to download files from the platform. It’s one of the more complicated platform, as it isn’t directly meant for direct file sharing, but for development instead. Granted, one of the big things about GitHub is that all of the public repositories are open source, and people are encouraged to contribute — there are private repositories, but these are generally used for development purposes within businesses that don’t want their code seen by the public. GitHub, however, still handles downloading files differently than other places.

So if you’re not entirely sure how you can download files from projects (or entire projects) from GitHub, we’re going to show you how. Let’s get started.

Downloading a File From GitHub

Most public repositories can be downloaded for free, without even a user account. This is because public repositories are considered to be codebases that are open source. That said, unless the owner of the codebase checks a box otherwise, their codebase can be downloaded onto your computer, packed into a .zip file.

1. So, if you go to a public codebase — such as this Tip Calculator that I built — you’ll notice that in the top-right corner is a green button that says Clone or Download, click on the button.
2. Then, in the dropdown, select Download ZIP. All of the files will begin downloading to your computer, usually in your Downloads folder.
3. Then, open your Downloads folder on your computer and find the ZIP file. You’ll want to right-click it and choose the option that says Extract All…, Unzip, or Uncompress, and then select a folder where you want the files to end up.
4. Finally, navigate to that selected folder, and you’ll find all of those Github files that we downloaded right there!

That’s a fairly small codebase, with only a couple of files in it. If you go to Wes Bos’ JavaScript 30 repository on Github, you’ll notice that — since it is a public repository — it can be downloaded the same way.

Downloading GitHub Files Using Commands

Alternatively, you can easily clone a file or repository using a few simple commands on GitHub. For this to work, you’ll need to install the Git tools. We’re going to be installing the same tip calculator from the command line in this demo.

1. Copy the URL from your address bar or from the same menu where you downloaded the zip file from.
2. Open up Git Bash, type in “cd Downloads” and hit Enter. This will take you to the Downloads folder in the command window, you can also type whatever file location you want to save the file in.
3. Now, type in “git clone https://github.com/bdward16/tip-calculator.git“and hit Enter.
4. Using this method, the files are automatically unzipped when downloaded.

There’s a Better Way to Download Files

While the way we outlined is simple and straightforward, it’s most optimal for simply viewing the code files, not experimenting. If you’re planning on downloading GitHub files to experiment with, the best way would be to “fork” the project. A fork is simply your own copy of a repository.

Forking a repository comes with a number of benefits. It gives you your own copy on your GitHub account that allows you to freely experiment with changes without affecting the original project. For example, you could find a bug in my Tip Calculator or want to add your own features. So, you could “fork” my Tip Calculator, creating a copy on your GitHub account. Here, you could mess around the code and experiment with it without affecting the original project, because this would be your copy or “fork.”

Most commonly, forks are used to either propose changes to someone else’s project, like fixing a bug or adding a feature as we mentioned.

So, how do you fork a public repository? It’s actually quite easy. Before we get started, you need to create a free GitHub account, as you’ll need somewhere to store your fork. You can head to www.github.com and do this right now.

Once you have your account created, you can fork a public repository to your account.

1. For example, you can head over to the public repository for Wes Bos’ 30 Days of JavaScript training course, and in the top-right corner, you’ll see a button that says Fork. Click the button.
2. It could take a couple of seconds to a few minutes, but GitHub will then clone or “fork” that project over to your own GitHub account. Once it’s done, it’ll immediately show you the project under your GitHub username.
3. To verify, you can click on your profile icon in the navigation bar at the top-right, and then select the option that says Your Repositories . In your list of repositories, you should see the JavaScript 30 course codebase.

Now, you can change and experiment with the code all you want, and it won’t affect the original project files of the original owner. If you change some code, fix a bug, or add a new feature, you can create something called a “Pull Request,” where that change can be discussed. If the original project owner likes the change — and it works properly — it can be merged into the original codebase as production code.

Closing

As you can see, downloading files and whole projects from GitHub is actually quite easy. In just a couple of minutes, you can have an entire project downloaded onto your computer, or even forked to your own GitHub account. It doesn’t take much to mess around with the code in your fork to see what affects what, and then eventually, you might even be able to create your first pull request! Happy coding!

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jwebcat / gist:5122366

wget —no-check-certificate —content-disposition https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

# —no-check-cerftificate was necessary for me to have wget not puke about https

curl -LJO https://github.com/joyent/node/tarball/v0.7.1

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devpie commented Mar 2, 2018

That’s great. Thanks.

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dnanto commented May 26, 2019

This was driving me crazy, thanks!

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ny0x696 commented May 27, 2019

Fantastic!! thank you

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OctavioBR commented Aug 4, 2020

For people who like the long, more understandable form of curl options to be used in scripts:

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OctavioBR commented Aug 4, 2020

Don’t know why —remote-header-name is required. It works fine only with —location & —remote-name

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g0d0 commented Aug 5, 2020 •

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

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trylaarsdam commented Aug 22, 2020

thanks for this!

None of these examples work for me. 404 is returned.

This likely means your URL is invalid (the file isn’t on the server)

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dienluong commented Aug 27, 2020

(HTTP) This option tells the -O, —remote-name option to use the server-specified Content-Disposition filename instead of extracting a filename from the URL.

If the server specifies a file name and a file with that name already exists in the current working directory it will not be overwritten and an error will occur. If the server doesn’t specify a file name then this option has no effect.

There’s no attempt to decode %-sequences (yet) in the provided file name, so this option may provide you with rather unexpected file names.

WARNING: Exercise judicious use of this option, especially on Windows. A rogue server could send you the name of a DLL or other file that could possibly be loaded automatically by Windows or some third party software.

Generally, one shouldn’t blindly use command options without knowing what they do.

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Installing Git – the easy way

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

Choose one of the following options.

Determine on which Linux distribution your system is based on. See List of Linux distributions – Wikipedia for a list. Most Linux systems – including Ubuntu – are Debian-based.

Debian-based linux systems

Open a terminal window. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return . You may be prompted to enter your password.

You can use Git now.

Red Hat-based linux systems

Open a terminal. Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return . You may be prompted to enter your password.

You can use Git now.

Homebrew […] simplifies the installation of software on the Mac OS X operating system.

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return .

You will be offered to install the Command Line Developer Tools from Apple. Confirm by clicking Install. After the installation finished, continue installing Homebrew by hitting Return again.

Step 2 – Install Git

Copy & paste the following into the terminal window and hit Return .

You can use Git now.

Installing Git on Windows

1. DownloadGit from Git for Windows and install it.

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alhadhrami commented Nov 9, 2017

Wrong link in ‘intro.md’ for «Instructions for Windows». I was going to create a pull request, but then remembered that doesn’t exist in gist.

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rgnest commented Jan 6, 2018 •

You shoud before do «cd» the directrory should be yours home. Or will have error.
I mean macos.

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mithlesh4257 commented Jan 7, 2018

Git is not installing in Ubuntu. Please help!

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elseagle commented Jan 18, 2018

@mithlesh4257 try
sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get upgrade followed by sudo apt-get install git

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Kaarthick912 commented Mar 5, 2018

sudo yum upgrade

I ran this command and it removed all existing users. It upgraded like 450 packages and removed some users. Anybody know why this happened ?

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Aztechtcs commented Mar 11, 2018

same problem here

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Joshua56 commented Mar 30, 2018

I am having the same problem in my linux mint

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Joshua56 commented Mar 30, 2018

zenity : Depends: libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: zenity-common (= 3.18.1.1-1ubuntu2) but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try ‘apt-get -f install’ with no packages (or specify a s

This the error of the code

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reddyvenu commented Apr 10, 2018

same problem here

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imad-bouramana commented Apr 29, 2018

try this repository

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

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webbertakken commented Aug 15, 2018 •

I used this as a source for PracticalNotes — Homebrew.md because it is very efficient.

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oscrx commented Sep 13, 2018 •

Wrong link in ‘intro.md’ for «Instructions for Windows». I was going to create a pull request, but then remembered that doesn’t exist in gist.

Exactly this 😀
But thanks for the guide.

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Princewillsarlex commented Nov 15, 2018

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adkumar321 commented Jan 18, 2019

sudo apt-get install aptitude

sudo aptitude install git

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DuncantheeDuncan commented Mar 9, 2019 •

Thanks it now installed
But Git-it command doesn’t work and git-it verify
So what the next step please help
I’m using Kali Linux

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NetJayNoob commented Mar 19, 2019

I am having issues with setting the port. When I type ‘set port 80’ I get back as an error: «you can’t set option ‘port’. Available options: [‘target’, ‘http_port'» etc. will this affect my check runs later?

This is on Kali Linux, and is after ‘set target 192.168. )

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Anthomy1 commented May 30, 2019

Thanks it now installed
But Git-it command doesn’t work and git-it verify
So what the next step please help
I’m using Kali Linux

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Anthomy1 commented May 30, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

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virgilwashere commented Jun 4, 2019

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git

Install git on Ubuntu

The most current stable version of Git for Ubuntu.

For release candidates, go to https://launchpad.net/

hub : use github from the command-line
hub is an extension to command-line git that helps you do everyday GitHub tasks without ever leaving the terminal

Hope that helps someone.

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virgilwashere commented Jun 4, 2019

⚠️ Any additional repositories added to the Kali sources.list file will most likely BREAK YOUR KALI LINUX INSTALL.

If this doesn’t do it, I’d be real careful now.

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sagynov commented Jun 16, 2019

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Knlsharma commented Jul 22, 2019

Use this command to check your current Git version: git —version

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Lucifer8759 commented Jul 23, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

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mark-nirdesh commented Dec 17, 2019

I need help.
I’m using Kali Linux.

why use shell ?
use sudo apt-get install git

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ocBruno commented Feb 14, 2020

Just a heads up!
The Instructions for Windows is linking to the linux instructions

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CyberChick111 commented Mar 6, 2020

@mithlesh4257 try
sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get upgrade followed by sudo apt-get install git

This one worked!! Thanks

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Phontera commented Mar 31, 2020

It worked! Thank you.

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gprakarsh commented Aug 10, 2020

The link for the Mac Download is outdated. This is the one that should be used —
/bin/bash -c «$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)»

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ASCassinda commented Aug 25, 2020

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Cyber-Guy24 commented Sep 3, 2020

Thanks mark-nirdesh that worked for me as well

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wajeehas commented Sep 13, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

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derhuerst commented Sep 14, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

It looks like it uses sudo to install itself to a specific location on your computer; sudo requires your password. You will have to put your macOS user’s password.

This is badly designed, it should actually explain why it is using sudo .

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mahfudivan commented Sep 23, 2020

I have tried installing homebrew via mac os terminal, but it keeps asking me for a password. does anyone know which password this is? it comes up as a key sign.

your laptop password, I use a macbook, I also enter my laptop password

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temoke-levelops commented Nov 5, 2020

Works for Mac! Where do I give thumbs up?

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mavaddat commented Dec 19, 2020

why use shell ?
use sudo apt-get install git

They (incorrectly) copied the entire markdown-laden code-block and pasted that into the bash terminal, which of course bash cannot interpret as a command. Do not paste the markdown (e.g., «`shell ) into bash — that part is just for formatting the code on GitHub.

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AssefaDemeke12 commented Dec 26, 2020

git hub setup for linux

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Poojap19create commented Mar 26, 2021

I am getting an error while installing git for UBUNTU Can anybody help please

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mavaddat commented Mar 29, 2021 •

I am getting an error while installing git for UBUNTU Can anybody help please

Your Ubuntu version is no longer maintained. You need to update your distribution to a version that is within its support lifetime. For example, try using this upgrade combination:

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