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Github-dlr

Download individual files and folders from GitHub recursively.

Motivation

The project aims to save time and resources by allowing users to download only the specific folders and files they need from a GitHub repository, without the hassle of cloning the entire repo. It's designed for efficiency, making development and learning more streamlined.

Install

Requires Python version 3.8 or higher.

pip install github-dlr

or using pipx

pipx install github-dlr

Usage

[!NOTE] Using the tool is straightforward, copy the GitHub URL of the target repository folder and paste it after the command github-dlr or it's alias gh-dlr.

github-dlr <github_path>

# Basic Example
github-dlr https://github.com/makccr/wallpapers/blob/master/wallpapers/space

[!NOTE] By default it will download the entire folder from GitHub and place in the current directory from where the command is being executed. If you want to specify a different output directory, you can do it via the --output or -o flag.

github-dlr --output wallpapers https://github.com/makccr/wallpapers/blob/master/wallpapers/space

Find all available options using --help

usage: github-dlr [-h] [-o] [-v] github_path

Download folders and files from Github.

positional arguments:
  github_path     Github directory full URL path

options:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -o, --output   Destination directory to download to
  -v, --version   show program version number and exit

Thanks for using github-dlr!

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