GitHub Private Bootstrap

A small universal script to download and run any asset from a private GitHub repository. Ideal as an entrypoint to automatically install your autoinstall.sh or other setup scripts.

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⚡ Features

• Works with any private GitHub repository
• Automatic resume for downloads (curl -C -)
• Idempotent: can be run multiple times without issues
• No PAT included in the script → safe
• Works whether the downloaded asset needs to:
  • execute local Linux commands
  • download additional private assets

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🛠 Requirements

• bash
• curl
• Internet access
• A GitHub PAT (Personal Access Token) with read permissions for the private repository

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🚀 Usage

Run the script without saving it locally, providing all required parameters:

PAT=YOUR_PAT \
USER=USERNAME \
REPO=REPO_NAME \
TAG=TAG_NAME \
FILE=FILE_TO_DOWNLOAD_AND_EXECUTE.sh \
WORKDIR=directory/to/save/files \
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AleDetto/gh-private-bootstrap/main/bootstrap.sh)"

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📌 Notes:

• The bootstrap.sh script downloads and executes the specified file directly in memory.
• WORKDIR is optional; if omitted, a default temporary folder will be used.
• The downloaded asset (FILE) can either run local commands or download additional assets as needed because it will inherit all the ENV vars declared for bootstrap.sh.

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📸 Example Output

Here's an example of the terminal output when running the bootstrap + test install script: