diff --git a/github-copy/Dockerfile b/github-copy/Dockerfile
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+FROM radial/busyboxplus:curl
+
+MAINTAINER Ric Lister, rlister@gmail.com
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+ADD ghcp.sh /app/
+RUN chmod 0755 ghcp.sh
+
+ENTRYPOINT [ "/app/ghcp.sh" ]
diff --git a/github-copy/ghcp.sh b/github-copy/ghcp.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+## loop each pair of args as a src path and dest dir
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]
+do
+  src=$1;  shift
+  dest=$1; shift
+  mkdir -p "$dest"
+  (
+    cd "$dest" && \
+      /usr/bin/curl -sOL \
+        -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+        -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.v3.raw' \
+        "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/contents/${src}"
+  )
+done