>>107581778
or you could just
cd ~/.emacs.d/straight/repos
rm -rf the-package
curl -sL https://github.com/user/the-package/archive/v1.2.3.tar.gz | gzip -dc | tar xf -
mv the-package-1.2.3 the-package
and straight will use it instead of cloning the entire repo which is huge
but you're ignorant