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github_subpath_download.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -eux -o pipefail
tarflags=--strip-components=2
# --wildcards required on linux but not osx
if [ "$(uname)" == "Linux" ]; then
tarflags+=--wildcards
fi
curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/tarball | \
tar xz $tarflags "*/SUBDIR/*"
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