Next time you see githubusercontent.com in your browser bar or terminal, just know: it’s GitHub’s way of handing you the pure, unadulterated data—safely separated from the website itself.
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/owner/repo/git-ref/path/to/file define githubusercontent
: Accessing files through this domain is subject to GitHub's rate limits. Unauthenticated requests may result in Error 429: Too Many Requests if accessed too frequently from the same IP. Next time you see githubusercontent