can't download github project with curl command

Question

I used \"curl -sO\" command to download project files from this GitHub project link: http://github.com/ziyaddin/xampp/archive/master.zip

but, I couldn\'t download. There

Answer 1

$ curl -I http://github.com/ziyaddin/xampp/archive/master.zip
HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
Server: GitHub.com
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:24:53 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 178
Connection: close
Location: https://github.com/ziyaddin/xampp/archive/master.zip
Vary: Accept-Encoding

... so you need to use -L if you want to follow the HTTP redirect. Or just read Steven Penny's answer...