madrobby/gist:9476733

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cristiroma commented Mar 5, 2026

@W1BTR You need to pay attention to the token scope, if the repository is on another organisation repo, when you generate the PAT choose that organisation instead of your own GH account.

I had the same issue and re-created the token on the correct organization. The URL is fine. Also one must use Accept: application/vnd.github.raw+json for RAW file content.

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