anthony / Get latest release from GitHub

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1	+	#!/bin/bash
2	+	get_latest_release() {
3	+	curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" \| # Get latest release from GitHub api
4	+	grep '"tag_name":' \| # Get tag line
5	+	sed -E 's/."([^"]+)"./\1/' # Pluck JSON value
6	+	}