Use GitHub API to fetch latest release/version (#1870)

* Use GitHub API to fetch latest release/version

* Make it easier to copy and paste into other repos

* add some auth

* used auth version everywhere

Author: mikemhenry

.github/workflows/conda_cron.yaml

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ jobs:
         id: latest-version
         working-directory: openfe_repo
         run: |
-          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
-          # slice off the v, ie v0.7.2 -> 0.7.2
-          VERSION=${LATEST_TAG:1}
+          REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+          VERSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")')
           echo $VERSION
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 

.github/workflows/docker.yaml

@@ -78,11 +78,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Get Latest Version
         id: latest-version
         run: |
-          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
-          echo $LATEST_TAG
-          echo "LATEST_TAG=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          # slice off the v, ie v0.7.2 -> 0.7.2
-          VERSION=${LATEST_TAG:1}
+          REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+          VERSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")')
           echo $VERSION
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 

.github/workflows/gen-lock-file.yaml

@@ -22,14 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     # This saves me some time since we only need the latest tag
     - name: Get latest tag
       id: latest-version
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
       run: |
-        LATEST_TAG=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $GH_TOKEN" \
-          https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/tags \
-          | jq -r '.[0].name')
-        VERSION=${LATEST_TAG:1}
+        REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+        VERSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+          "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")')
         echo $VERSION
         echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 

.github/workflows/installer.yaml

@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Get Latest Version
       id: latest-version
       run: |
-        LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
-        # slice off the v, ie v0.7.2 -> 0.7.2
-        VERSION=${LATEST_TAG:1}
+        REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+        VERSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+          "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name | ltrimstr("v")')
         echo $VERSION
         echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT