Can't figure out github syntax

[Paul Schmehl]

I'm working on a new port that's fetched from github.

This works:

MASTER_SITES= 
https://github.com/collectiveintel/cif-v1/releases/download/v1.0.2-FINAL/
DISTNAME=       libcif-v1.0.2-FINAL

But I cannot for the life of me figure out how to convert that to the more 
normal USE_GITHUB syntax.

Is there a doc on the GITHUB syntax that explains it for dummies?

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