On Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:47:57 -0400 Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That won't work in this case, since I already tried it. It's requiring > a login which I cannot now do. > git clone works for public github repositories without needing login: ``` [kdetest@localhost ~]$ git clone https://github.com/joewing/jwm Cloning into 'jwm'... remote: Enumerating objects: 11191, done. remote: Total 11191 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 11191 Receiving objects: 100% (11191/11191), 6.00 MiB | 3.18 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (7847/7847), done. [kdetest@localhost ~]$ rm -fr jwm/ [kdetest@localhost ~]$ git clone https://github.com/joewing/jwm.git Cloning into 'jwm'... remote: Enumerating objects: 11191, done. remote: Total 11191 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 11191 Receiving objects: 100% (11191/11191), 6.00 MiB | 3.18 MiB/s, done. Resolving deltas: 100% (7847/7847), done. [kdetest@localhost ~]$ ls .ssh ls: cannot access '.ssh': No such file or directory [kdetest@localhost ~]$ ``` also ".git" (which holds the repository's history) is a directory - not a file, see: https://git-scm.com/ . Which command are you using exactly? > On Thu, 23 Apr 2020, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:14:49 > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: unpacking git files > > > > Try > > git clone http://github.com/whatever/whatever.git > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:13:42 -0400 > > Subject: unpacking git files > > > > > If you download a git file how is it possible to have git unpack the file > > > for you into its own directory tree? > > > I failed to write my git credentials in braille and haven't used them for > > > a very long time so may be able to get a git file using wget but for now I > > > don't know how to unpack the file. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > -- Shlomi Fish https://www.shlomifish.org/ What does “Zionism” mean? - https://shlom.in/def-zionism “A is A, and A is not not-A? WTH is he talking about??! Of course A can be not-A! I want a little of the stuff he’s on!” — Initial reaction to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organon Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - https://shlom.in/reply . _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list