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add gh-install: install binaries from GitHub releases
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
author
Morgan Williams
co-author
Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context)
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(Mar 30, 2026, 7:37 PM +0200)
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gh-install
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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set -euo pipefail
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DEST="${HOME}/.local/bin"
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usage() {
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echo "Install a binary from GitHub releases"
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echo ""
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echo "Usage: gh-install <owner/repo> <asset-pattern> [binary-name]"
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echo ""
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echo " asset-pattern Glob for the release asset filename (use * for version)"
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echo " binary-name Name of the binary inside the archive (default: repo name)"
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echo ""
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echo "Examples:"
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echo " gh-install orf/gping 'gping-*-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz'"
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echo " gh-install helix-editor/helix 'helix-*-aarch64-macos.tar.xz' hx"
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echo " gh-install Schniz/fnm 'fnm-macos.zip' fnm"
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exit 1
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}
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[[ $# -lt 2 ]] && usage
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REPO="$1"
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PATTERN="$2"
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BINARY="${3:-$(basename "$REPO")}"
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VER=$(curl -sI "https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/latest" | grep -i ^location | sed 's|.*/tag/||;s/\r//;s/^v//')
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[[ -z "$VER" ]] && echo "Could not detect latest version for ${REPO}" && exit 1
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echo "Latest: ${REPO} ${VER}"
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FILENAME="${PATTERN//\*/$VER}"
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URL="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${VER}/${FILENAME}"
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# some repos tag with v prefix
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if ! curl -sfIo /dev/null "$URL"; then
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URL="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/v${VER}/${FILENAME}"
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curl -sfIo /dev/null "$URL" || { echo "Asset not found: ${FILENAME}"; exit 1; }
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fi
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echo "Downloading ${FILENAME}"
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TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
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trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
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curl -sL -o "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" "$URL"
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mkdir -p "$DEST"
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case "$FILENAME" in
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*.tar.gz|*.tgz)
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tar xzf "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" -C "$TMPDIR"
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;;
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*.tar.xz)
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tar xJf "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" -C "$TMPDIR"
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;;
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*.zip)
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unzip -o "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" -d "$TMPDIR" >/dev/null
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;;
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*)
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chmod +x "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}"
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mv "${TMPDIR}/${FILENAME}" "${DEST}/${BINARY}"
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echo "Installed ${BINARY} to ${DEST}/${BINARY}"
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exit 0
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;;
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esac
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BIN=$(find "$TMPDIR" -name "$BINARY" -type f | head -1)
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[[ -z "$BIN" ]] && echo "Could not find '${BINARY}' in archive" && ls -R "$TMPDIR" && exit 1
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chmod +x "$BIN"
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mv "$BIN" "${DEST}/${BINARY}"
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echo "Installed ${BINARY} to ${DEST}/${BINARY}"