glab(1)

💖 glab-release-download 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the glab manual page (that's the manual name, for the record — section 1, kernel-commands-adjacent, very official, very demure) and specifically the page for glab-release-download, which is the little subcommand that goes and grabs files for you. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

glab-release-download — Download asset files from a GitLab release. no cap, that's literally the whole job 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

glab release download [] [flags]

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Download asset files from a GitLab release. that's it, that's the vibe 🎀

If no tag is specified, it downloads assets from the latest release (automatic, effortless, main character energy 💁). To specify a file name to download from the release assets, use --asset-name. and the important glow-up: the --asset-name flag accepts glob patterns, so you can wildcard your heart out ✨

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💜 OPTIONS 💜

• -n, --asset-name=[] — Download only assets that match the name or a glob pattern. picky? good. we love a filter 🍓
• -D, --dir="." — Directory to download the release assets to. defaults to . which is, y'know, right here, where you're standing 🫶

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👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

• -h, --help[=false] — Show help for this command. the classic. when in doubt, ask for help 😭
• -R, --repo="" — Select another repository. You can use either OWNER/REPO or GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO. The full URL or Git URL is also accepted. so many glow-ups in one flag, we stan 💖

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

# Download all assets from the latest release
glab release download

# Download all assets from the specified release tag
glab release download v1.1.0

# Download assets with names matching the glob pattern
glab release download v1.10.1 --asset-name="*.tar.gz"

see? three lines and you're already a download icon ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

glab-release(1) — your other bestie, go say hi 🦋

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ngl this page was Auto generated by spf13/cobra in Nov 2026, and it's the glab(1) page — so yeah, that's the whole metadata moment: generated by spf13/cobra, dated Nov 2026, manual section glab(1). periodt 💅✨

k bye, go download something cute 🎀💖