Download a file off gitlab

Active 1 month ago. Viewed 19k times. Improve this question. Possible duplicate of How to sparsely checkout only one single file from a git repository? ThomasWeller it's a different issue. Add a comment.

Active Oldest Votes. Gitlab has a rest API for that. Links: You can check how to find repository api id here. Api documentation More on tokens There is also a python library that uses this api. Note that this is GitLab specific solution and won't work for other hostings. Add a file using the command line Add a file to a repository Adding files to a repository is a small, but key task. Create an issue to suggest an improvement to this page. Show and post comments to review and give feedback about this page.

Product Create an issue if there's something you don't like about this feature. This is using a similar approach to the additional functionality on the plus button where the context is highlighted by a group header.

Some of our repositories are quite big because of binary files of its toolchains. When I want to get updated files from similar repositories I'd prefer to browse in GitLab in the other project and right-click on every file I want to have on "Raw" - button "Save as". But that's annoying when I want to download several files. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy.

Cookie Settings. Learn why people trust wikiHow. Download Article Explore this Article Steps. Related Articles. Article Summary. You can use any web browser to download files.

Use the search bar at the top of the page to find the file you want to download and the results will list repositories that match your search. You'll see this option on the right side of the browser.

Once you click Releases , you can click to download the installer or the source code. If there is no Releases available, continue following these steps to download a file. GitHub, however, still handles downloading files differently than other places.

Most public repositories can be downloaded for free, without even a user account. This is because public repositories are considered to be codebases that are open source.