How to make Download directory of private repo public?

[Stephan Hradek]

We have a private repo which is the source of a wordpress plugin. Now I wanted to add an auto-update feature and so I created a pipeline which will upload the plugin to the Downloads directory.

Unfortunately the autoupdate does not work because authentication is required to access Downloads.

Is there a way to make Downloads publicly available or do I need to upload somewhere else?

[Stephan Hradek]

Just in case others are interested.

My workaround is:

1. Create a new public project
2. Create a new repository in this project
3. Use this project's Downloads directory