diff --git a/scripts/test_dl_github_archive.py b/scripts/test_dl_github_archive.py
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+import unittest
+from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock
+import importlib.util
+import os
+import sys
+from io import StringIO
+
+class TestDlGithubArchive(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        script_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), 'dl_github_archive.py')
+        spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("dl_github_archive", script_path)
+        cls.module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+        spec.loader.exec_module(cls.module)
+
+    @patch('sys.stderr', new_callable=StringIO)
+    def test_main_error_handling(self, mock_stderr):
+        with patch('sys.argv', ['dl_github_archive.py', '--source', 'test.tar.gz', '--url', 'http://test.url']):
+            with patch.object(self.module, 'DownloadGitHubTarball') as mock_DownloadGitHubTarball:
+                mock_instance = mock_DownloadGitHubTarball.return_value
+                mock_instance.download.side_effect = Exception("Test Exception")
+
+                with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as cm:
+                    self.module.main()
+
+                self.assertEqual(cm.exception.code, 1)
+
+                stderr_output = mock_stderr.getvalue()
+                self.assertIn('test.tar.gz: Download from http://test.url failed', stderr_output)
+                self.assertIn('Test Exception', stderr_output)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()