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Shell - Get latest release from GitHub
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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
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chase2981 commented Sep 9, 2021

git fetch --tags && git tag | tail -1

curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | jq -r .tag_name

curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/certbot/certbot/tags" | jq -r '.[0].name'

https://gist.github.com/lukechilds/a83e1d7127b78fef38c2914c4ececc3c

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