Shell script to retrieve the patch file for a pull request in a private repo on github

github-private-repo-patch-file

#!/bin/bash
usage()
{
cat << EOF
  usage: $0 pull_id
	pull_id needs to be a number
EOF
}

if [ -z "$1" ]
  then
  	usage
  	exit 1
fi

PULL_ID=$1
cwd=$(pwd)
TOKEN="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE"
curl -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.patch" https://api.github.com/repos/user/repo/pulls/$PULL_ID > $cwd/patches/$PULL_ID.patch