Shell - Get latest release from GitHub API

get_latest_release.sh

# This gets the newest release version from a project.
# Even if they to not set the "latest" tag.
# And even if they release multiple version paths.
# Needs jq.
#
# Usage:
# $ get_latest_release "rancher/rke"
#
get_latest_release() {
    curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases" |                           # Get releases from GitHub api
    jq -r '.[] | select(.prerelease == false) | select(.draft == false) | .tag_name' |   # Get tags for releases not draft and not prerelease
    sort -r | head -1                                                                    # Sort the tags highest first, then get the first one
}