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Download latest dotnet/codeformatter from GitHub release via Powershell
# Download latest dotnet/codeformatter release from github
$repo = "dotnet/codeformatter"
$file = "CodeFormatter.zip"
$releases = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases"
Write-Host Determining latest release
$tag = (Invoke-WebRequest $releases | ConvertFrom-Json)[0].tag_name
$download = "https://github.com/$repo/releases/download/$tag/$file"
$name = $file.Split(".")[0]
$zip = "$name-$tag.zip"
$dir = "$name-$tag"
Write-Host Dowloading latest release
Invoke-WebRequest $download -Out $zip
Write-Host Extracting release files
Expand-Archive $zip -Force
# Cleaning up target dir
Remove-Item $name -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
# Moving from temp dir to target dir
Move-Item $dir\$name -Destination $name -Force
# Removing temp files
Remove-Item $zip -Force
Remove-Item $dir -Recurse -Force
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