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Unable to get a github repository either by downloading the Zip file or cloning

john john 946 Reputation points
2020-11-26T00:23:00.933+00:00

I want to install the Script Editor Webpart from this url @ https://github.com/pnp/sp-dev-fx-webparts.. but if i try to download the zip file it will break in the middle + i tried to use the GitHub desktop but i will keep getting this error:-

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so any advice how i can download or clone this repository? and can i only download the related files for the modern script editor instead of having to download the whole repository?

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  1. Amos Wu-MSFT 4,051 Reputation points
    2020-11-26T02:47:45.173+00:00

    This problem should be because the entire repository is too big, we need to use SSH to clone the repository, not HTTP.

    1. Check if the machine already has an SSH key. Enter the following command ls -al ~/.ssh, if there is a file id_rsa.pub or id_dsa.pub, go directly to step 3 to add the SSH key to GitHub, otherwise, go to the second step to generate an SSH key.
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    2. Generate SSH key. 
      ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_emial@examle.com"
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      ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

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    Then you could open the id_rsa.pub to get the SSH key.
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    3. Add the generated key to GitHub.
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    Then you could clone the repository to your computer.
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    Download a single folder or directory from a GitHub repo

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