basscl · July 14, 2021 01:00
diff --git a/get_latest_release.sh b/get_latest_release.sh

 get_latest_release() {
  curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | # Get latest release from GitHub api
    grep '"tag_name":' |                                            # Get tag line
    sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/'                                    # Pluck JSON value
 }

 # Usage
 # $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
 # v0.31.4

	get_latest_release() {
	curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" \| # Get latest release from GitHub api
	grep '"tag_name":' \| # Get tag line
	sed -E 's/."([^"]+)"./\1/' # Pluck JSON value
	}

	# Usage
	# $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
	# v0.31.4