gh_release_latest: Get latest release from GitHub repository

In salim-b/yay: Delightful Convenience Functions

Get latest release from GitHub repository

Description

Uses gh::gh() to fetch the latest GitHub release of the specified GitHub repository via GitHub's RESTful API and returns it as a numeric version.

Usage

gh_release_latest(owner, name)

Arguments

owner	GitHub repository owner (GitHub user or organisation). A character scalar.
name	Repository name. A character scalar.

Value

A numeric version.

See Also

Other GitHub functions: gh_dir_ls(), gh_releases(), gh_text_file(), gh_text_files()

Examples

yay::gh_release_latest(owner = "jgm",
                       name = "pandoc")

salim-b/yay documentation built on Jan. 3, 2025, 6:16 p.m.