Download Git LFS files without checkout

Question

I'm looking for a way to download some git LFS zip files I have in a repo without having to checkout the entire repository.

I have tried the following:

curl -L <URL to the file RAW download on github page>

• This downloads a html file and not the actual file.

curl -L <URL from .lfsconfig file + object ID from the file's pointer information in git repo>

• Gives a "Not found" error

More example tries:

curl  -L https://gitlfs.es.com/api/company/myrepository/content/framework/7d5dfcf764118df4867dc676b615e1ee4bf67e5b37fd56275f8845d
 
curl  -L https://gitlfs.es.com/api/company/myrepository/7d5dfcf764118df4d188d5838867dc676b615e1ee4bf67e5b37fd56275f8
 
curl  -L https://gitlfs.es.com/api/company/myrepository/sha256:7d5dfcf764118df4d188d5838867dc676b615e1ee4bf67e5b37fd56275f8845d

None of the above seems to work

Any leads will be appreciated.

Answer 1

If the repository is private then you need to pass either Gitlab authorization token or account authentication credentials in curl command.

You may find links below useful:

https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/api/repository_files.html#get-file-from-repository https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/profile/personal_access_tokens.html