Git-Downloader for private repo

git-download-private-repo-tarball.sh

#!/bin/bash

CF=~/.git-dprz.sh

function info {

   cat <<- INFO
-- Script for downloading PRIVATE(!) git-repos as tar-archive on old systems (like Debian Etch)
-- That only have old git - binaries
--
-- You need a to create a token, to let it work on, see also:
-- https://help.github.com/articles/creating-an-access-token-for-command-line-use/

INFO
}

function setVariablesAndWrite {

  echo "GIT-User ?"
  read GIT_USER
  echo "GIT-Api-Token ? "
  read GIT_API_TOKEN
  echo "GIT-Repo"
  read GIT_REPO
  echo "DEST-Dir ? (Where to copy the repo (full-path) -> This also replaces the repo-name)"
  read DEST_DIR

  touch $CF
  echo "#!/bin/bash" > $CF
  echo "GIT_USER=${GIT_USER}" >> $CF
  echo "GIT_API_TOKEN=${GIT_API_TOKEN}" >> $CF
  echo "GIT_REPO=${GIT_REPO}" >> $CF
  echo "DEST_DIR=${DEST_DIR}" >> $CF

  # securing it against all odds
  chown root:root $CF
  chmod 400 $CF

}

function createDestDir {

  if [ ! -d $DEST_DIR ]
  then
     mkdir -p $DEST_DIR
  fi

}

function rewriteAndCleanupRepo {

  cd $TMP_DEST_DIR
  CREATED_LOCAL_REPO_DIR=$(ls | head -n1)
  cd $CREATED_LOCAL_REPO_DIR
  mv * ..
  mv .[!.]* ..

  cd $TMP_DEST_DIR
  rm -fR $CREATED_LOCAL_REPO_DIR

}

function backupDestDir {
  if [ -d $DEST_DIR ]
  then
    rm -fR $DEST_DIR".lastbackup"
    mv $DEST_DIR $DEST_DIR".lastbackup"
  fi
}



info

if [ -f $CF ]
then
   # Security option
   chmod 400 $CF
   . $CF
else
   setVariablesAndWrite
fi

TMP_DEST_DIR=$(mktemp -t -p /usr/src -d)
curl --insecure -H "Authorization: token ${GIT_API_TOKEN}" -L https://api.github.com/repos/${GIT_USER}/${GIT_REPO}/tarball > $TMP_DEST_DIR/$GIT_REPO.tar.gz
echo "Download Successful:"$?
cd $TMP_DEST_DIR
tar xzvf $GIT_REPO.tar.gz >/dev/null 2>&1
echo "TAR Success :"$?
rm -fR $GIT_REPO.tar.gz

rewriteAndCleanupRepo
createDestDir
backupDestDir
mv $TMP_DEST_DIR $DEST_DIR
echo "New Version is now available under: $DEST_DIR"

git-download-private-repo.md

Git Downloader for private

This script makes it possible to download a private repo (tarball) I had to dig a bit to figure it out.

Take this as a reference or use, whatever you want.