Access RAW files content by using a repository Deploy Token.

Please refer to this issue #22432 (closed)

It would be really nice if a deploy token have access to raw files.

The only work-around I've found so far is to create a fake account, generate an impersonation token for the fake account, and use the API to fetch the raw files. ie: curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: XXXX" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/user%2repository/repository/files/README.md/raw?ref=master

If deploy tokens could access raw files it would be a lot let hassle to set up and the request would be much more readable. ie:

curl https://deploy-user:XXX@gitlab.example.com/user/repository/raw/master/README.md

As it was created a year ago and nobody is answering anything there I reopened as a new one here. This is a MUST HAVE feature. It does not make sense to have a FAKE account just to have personal tokens to access the repository files when this is something that the Deploy Token should be able to do.

Greetings.