readme: drop private-repo install caveats

the repo will be public by the time anyone reads this, so the
GITHUB_TOKEN / GOPRIVATE scaffolding just adds noise. installers
and 'go install' were already coded to work unauthenticated on
public repos; no code changes needed.

commit: 7141ebd45f7886c85b1a0ae29aef7894ecf0068c
author: patriceckhart · 6mo ago · 2026-04-18 09:51 UTC
parent: 8e546bd
signature: unsigned
refs: tag: v0.0.6

1 file · +4 -23

M README.md +4 -23


@@ -12,20 +12,10 @@ yet another coding agent harness, lightweight and written (vibe-slopped) in go.
12	12
13	13		## install
14	14
15		-	> the repo and prebuilt artifacts are private at the moment. until they go public, every download command below needs a github personal access token (PAT) with `contents:read` scope on `patriceckhart/zot`. create one at <https://github.com/settings/tokens> and export it before running any installer:
16		-	>
17		-	> ```bash
18		-	> export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx
19		-	> ```
20		-	>
21		-	> once the repo is public, the token becomes optional.
22		-
23	15		### one-liner (macos + linux)
24	16
25	17		```bash
26		-	curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
27		-	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.sh \
28		-	\| GITHUB_TOKEN=$GITHUB_TOKEN bash
	18	+	curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.sh \| bash
29	19		```
30	20
31	21		detects your os/arch, downloads the latest release from github, verifies the sha256 against the release's `checksums.txt`, extracts the binary, and drops it in `/usr/local/bin`, `~/.local/bin`, or `~/bin` — whichever is writable first. pass a version or prefix to pin:

@@ -37,34 +27,25 @@ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.sh \|
37	27		### one-liner (windows, powershell)
38	28
39	29		```powershell
40		-	$env:GITHUB_TOKEN = "ghp_xxx"
41		-	$h = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GITHUB_TOKEN" }
42		-	(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Headers $h `
43		-	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.ps1).Content \| iex
	30	+	iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.ps1 \| iex
44	31		```
45	32
46	33		drops `zot.exe` into `$HOME\bin` and adds it to the user PATH if missing. open a fresh terminal afterwards.
47	34
48	35		### homebrew (macos + linux)
49	36
50		-	available once the repo is public. the tap lives at `patriceckhart/homebrew-tap`:
51		-
52	37		```bash
53	38		brew install patriceckhart/tap/zot
54	39		```
55	40
56		-	### go install
	41	+	the tap lives at `patriceckhart/homebrew-tap`.
57	42
58		-	while the repo is private, `go install` needs to bypass the public go module proxy:
	43	+	### go install
59	44
60	45		```bash
61		-	export GOPRIVATE=github.com/patriceckhart/*
62		-	export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
63	46		go install github.com/patriceckhart/zot/cmd/zot@latest
64	47		```
65	48
66		-	your git must already be authenticated to github (ssh key or https PAT in `~/.netrc`). once the repo is public, `go install github.com/patriceckhart/zot/cmd/zot@latest` is enough.
67		-
68	49		### from source
69	50
70	51		```bash

 ## install
-> the repo and prebuilt artifacts are **private at the moment**. until they go public, every download command below needs a github personal access token (PAT) with `contents:read` scope on `patriceckhart/zot`. create one at <https://github.com/settings/tokens> and export it before running any installer:
->
-> ```bash
-> export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx
-> ```
->
-> once the repo is public, the token becomes optional.
 ### one-liner (macos + linux)
 ```bash
-curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.sh | bash
-  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.sh \
-  | GITHUB_TOKEN=$GITHUB_TOKEN bash
 ```
 detects your os/arch, downloads the latest release from github, verifies the sha256 against the release's `checksums.txt`, extracts the binary, and drops it in `/usr/local/bin`, `~/.local/bin`, or `~/bin` — whichever is writable first. pass a version or prefix to pin:
 ### one-liner (windows, powershell)
 ```powershell
-$env:GITHUB_TOKEN = "ghp_xxx"
+iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.ps1 | iex
-$h = @{ Authorization = "Bearer $env:GITHUB_TOKEN" }
-(Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Headers $h `
-  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/patriceckhart/zot/main/install.ps1).Content | iex
 ```
 drops `zot.exe` into `$HOME\bin` and adds it to the user PATH if missing. open a fresh terminal afterwards.
 ### homebrew (macos + linux)
-available once the repo is public. the tap lives at `patriceckhart/homebrew-tap`:
 ```bash
 brew install patriceckhart/tap/zot
 ```
-### go install
+the tap lives at `patriceckhart/homebrew-tap`.
-while the repo is private, `go install` needs to bypass the public go module proxy:
+### go install
 ```bash
-export GOPRIVATE=github.com/patriceckhart/*
-export GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0
 go install github.com/patriceckhart/zot/cmd/zot@latest
 ```
-your git must already be authenticated to github (ssh key or https PAT in `~/.netrc`). once the repo is public, `go install github.com/patriceckhart/zot/cmd/zot@latest` is enough.
 ### from source
 ```bash