Please refer to this issue https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/22432 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.