Install Hugo extended in GitHub Codespaces

install-hugo-extended.md

Install Hugo extended in GitHub Codespaces

GitHub Codespaces includes Hugo by default, but it's not an extended release.

To install the latest extended release in your codespace container, execute this gist in postCreateCommand of .devcontainer/devcontainer.json:

{
  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
  "postCreateCommand": "curl -fsSL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/cariad/dfecce84ee9d556bccfc8a35ed47c0a2/raw/dff860658305586c6f3b9d624979b0503575e8a9/install-hugo-extended.sh | bash"
}

install-hugo-extended.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

temp_path=$(mktemp -d)
pushd "${temp_path}"

url=$(
  curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/gohugoio/hugo/releases/latest \
  | jq -r '.assets[] | select(.name | test("hugo_extended_[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+_Linux-64bit.tar.gz")) | .browser_download_url'
)

curl "${url}" --location --output hugo.tar.gz
tar -xzf hugo.tar.gz hugo
mv hugo /usr/local/hugo/bin/hugo

popd

rm -rf "${temp_path}"