How to download a tarball from github using curl
The -L option is the key. It allows curl to redirect to the next URL. Here's how to download a tarball from github and untar it inline:
$ curl -L https://github.com/pinard/Pymacs/tarball/v0.24-beta2 | tar zx
Via http://support.github.com/discussions/repos/1789-you-cant-download-a-tarball-with-curl
Alternatively, using wget:
$ wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/pinard/Pymacs/tarball/v0.24-beta2 -O - | tar xz
