8000 fix(install): install the newest prerelease when there is no full release by adeelahmad · Pull Request #27 · adeelahmad/gadgetcast · GitHub
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fix(install): install the newest prerelease when there is no full release #27

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26 changes: 21 additions & 5 deletions install.sh
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Expand Up @@ -109,15 +109,25 @@ detect_arch() {
}

# Latest release tag, resolved from the /releases/latest redirect so no API
# token or rate limit is involved.
# token or rate limit is involved. /latest skips prereleases: a fresh install
# falls back to the newest prerelease (from the releases feed), while the
# update timer prints nothing so it only ever follows full releases.
latest_version() {
url="$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' "$BASE_URL/latest")" ||
die "could not reach GitHub"
url="$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' "$BASE_URL/latest" 2>/dev/null)" || url=
tag="${url##*/}"
case "$tag" in
v*) echo "$tag" ;;
*) die "no published release found at $BASE_URL" ;;
v*)
echo "$tag"
return
;;
esac
[ "$MODE" = update ] && return
tag="$(curl -fsSL "$BASE_URL.atom" 2>/dev/null | grep -o '/releases/tag/v[^"<]*' | head -n 1)" ||
die "could not reach GitHub"
tag="${tag##*/}"
[ -n "$tag" ] || die "no published release found at $BASE_URL"
say "no full release yet; installing prerelease $tag" >&2
echo "$tag"
}

installed_version() { cat "$VERSION_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true; }
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -480,6 +490,12 @@ main() {
else
have curl || die "curl is required"
version="${GADGETCAST_VERSION:-$(latest_version)}"
if [ -z "$version" ]; then
# latest_version's die only left its subshell; updates without a full release are a no-op
[ "$MODE" = update ] || die "no release to install"
echo "gadgetcast: no full release to update to; staying on ${current:-none}"
return
fi
if [ "$version" = "$current" ] && [ -x "$BIN" ]; then
say "gadgetcast $version is already the latest"
[ "$MODE" = update ] && return
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