GitHub: URL to raw files

Question

I have some Eclipse extension projects hosted by GitHub. These projects also include the related update sites. I thus need an URL to the raw data that Eclipse can use to dow

Answer 1

The url is indeed https://raw.githubusercontent.com/username/projectname, but it only applies to files, not the project itself (which would return 400: Invalid request)

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/username/projectname/branchName/file

For instance:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/VonC/compileEverything/master/make_env.sh

This is different from a project archive (tarball or zip) download, which does download the full repo.
See get archive link:

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/:archive_format/:ref

with:

• archive_format string Can be either tarball or zipball.
  Default: tarball
• ref string A valid Git reference.
  Default: the repository’s default branch (usually master)

For instance:

https://api.github.com/repos/VonC/compileEverything/zipball/master