fix GitHub URL template

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/libfetchers/github.cc b/src/libfetchers/github.cc
index 0721a13f2..0631fb6e8 100644
--- a/src/libfetchers/github.cc
+++ b/src/libfetchers/github.cc
@@ -267,8 +267,8 @@ struct GitHubInputScheme : GitArchiveInputScheme
         auto host = maybeGetStrAttr(input.attrs, "host").value_or("github.com");
         auto url = fmt(
             host == "github.com"
-            ? "https://api.%s/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s"
-            : "https://%s/api/v3/repos/%s/%s/commits/%s",
+            ? "https://api.%s/repos/%s/%s/tarball/%s"
+            : "https://%s/api/v3/repos/%s/%s/tarball/%s",
             host, getStrAttr(input.attrs, "owner"), getStrAttr(input.attrs, "repo"),
             input.getRev()->to_string(Base16, false));