Get all GH releaes from a repo in a flat file, using gh cli

getReleases.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Check if gh CLI is installed
if ! command -v gh >/dev/null 2>&1; then
  echo "Error: GitHub CLI (gh) is not installed. Please install it to continue." >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Check if a repository identifier was provided
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <GitHub repository URL or owner/repo>" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Extract the owner and repo name from the input by splitting on /
INPUT="$1"
OWNER=$(echo "$INPUT" | awk -F '/' '{print $(NF-1)}')
REPO=$(echo "$INPUT" | awk -F '/' '{print $NF}')

# Fetch all releases directly
gh api --paginate "repos/$OWNER/$REPO/releases" | jq -r '.[] | "## \(.tag_name)\n\n\(.body // "No release notes")\n\n---\n"'