From 4df5b98c5c9620d9ed18ff45a5d32bfece574f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:05:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] add download script

---
 README.md          |  6 ++++
 download_latest.sh | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 download_latest.sh

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ac735138ab..52c31e58df 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Once downloaded, you will have to extract the binary and add it to your PATH
 variable. For detailed instructions for each of our supported platforms, please visit
 [installation documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongodb-shell/install#mdb-shell-install).
 
+You can also run `download_latest.sh` to download a `mongosh` binary. You can use
+this script without cloning the repository thus:
+```
+curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongodb-js/mongosh/refs/heads/main/download_latest.sh | sh
+```
+
 ## CLI Usage
 
 <!-- AUTOMATICALLY_INSERT_CLI_USAGE -->
diff --git a/download_latest.sh b/download_latest.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9ea70e6af1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/download_latest.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -o errexit
+
+for tool in jq curl; do
+    which "$tool" >/dev/null || {
+        echo >&2 "This script requires '$tool'."
+        exit 1
+    }
+done
+
+os=$(uname -o | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+arch=$(uname -m)
+
+case "$os" in
+    *linux)
+        ext=tgz
+        os=linux
+        ;;
+    darwin)
+        ext=zip
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo >&2 "This script does not support this OS ($os). Download mongosh manually."
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+case "$arch" in
+    amd64|x86_64)
+        arch=x64
+        ;;
+    aarch64)
+        arch=arm64
+esac
+
+urls=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/mongodb-js/mongosh/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | .browser_download_url' | grep -v -e \.sig -e shared -e openssl)
+url=$(printf "%s" "$urls" | grep "\-${os}-${arch}" ||:)
+
+if [ -z "$url" ]; then
+    cat <<EOL
+No download found for $os on $arch; download manually.
+
+URLs considered:
+$urls
+EOL
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+case "$ext" in
+    zip)
+        file=$(mktemp)
+
+        echo "Downloading $url to $file …"
+        trap 'rm -f $file' EXIT
+
+        curl -fsSL "$url" > "$file"
+        echo "Downloaded $ext file; extracting mongosh …"
+
+        unzip -j "$file" '*/mongosh'
+        ;;
+    tgz)
+        echo "Downloading & extracting from $url …"
+
+        curl -fsSL "$url" | tar -xzf - \
+            --transform "s/.*\///" \
+            --wildcards "**/mongosh"
+
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo >&2 "Bad file extension: $ext"
+        exit 1
+esac
+
+echo "Success! 'mongosh' is now saved in this directory."

From c1ec95ae1f85677650a09dc7aa1b057b374fb5f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:00:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] =?UTF-8?q?Anna=E2=80=99s=20review=20feedback?=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

---
 download_latest.sh | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/download_latest.sh b/download_latest.sh
index 9ea70e6af1..c3d54bc9f0 100755
--- a/download_latest.sh
+++ b/download_latest.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -o errexit
 
+MONGOSH_RELEASES_URL=https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/mongosh.json
+
 for tool in jq curl; do
     which "$tool" >/dev/null || {
         echo >&2 "This script requires '$tool'."
@@ -25,24 +27,33 @@ case "$os" in
         exit 1
 esac
 
+# normalize $arch:
 case "$arch" in
-    amd64|x86_64)
-        arch=x64
+    amd64|x64)
+        arch=x86_64
         ;;
     aarch64)
         arch=arm64
+        ;;
+    *)
+        # Use uname’s reported architecture in the jq query.
 esac
 
-urls=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/mongodb-js/mongosh/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[] | .browser_download_url' | grep -v -e \.sig -e shared -e openssl)
-url=$(printf "%s" "$urls" | grep "\-${os}-${arch}" ||:)
+jq_query=$(cat <<EOF
+.versions[0].downloads[] |
+select(
+    .distro == "$os" and
+    .arch == "$arch" and
+    (has("sharedOpenssl") | not)
+) |
+.archive.url
+EOF
+)
 
-if [ -z "$url" ]; then
-    cat <<EOL
-No download found for $os on $arch; download manually.
+url=$(curl -fsSL $MONGOSH_RELEASES_URL | jq -r "$jq_query")
 
-URLs considered:
-$urls
-EOL
+if [ -z "$url" ]; then
+    echo >&2 "No download found for $os on $arch; download manually."
     exit 1
 fi
 

From 588c5e2275b17198048e152a100769569f5e1100 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <FGasper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:46:00 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Update README.md

Co-authored-by: Anna Henningsen <github@addaleax.net>
---
 README.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52c31e58df..cae6cc24a3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ variable. For detailed instructions for each of our supported platforms, please
 You can also run `download_latest.sh` to download a `mongosh` binary. You can use
 this script without cloning the repository thus:
 ```
-curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongodb-js/mongosh/refs/heads/main/download_latest.sh | sh
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mongodb-js/mongosh/refs/heads/main/download_latest.sh | sh
 ```
 
 ## CLI Usage

From 50bddd8890cbe31a5d9c595a912d10e52db0e8b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <FGasper@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 10:46:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Update download_latest.sh

Co-authored-by: Anna Henningsen <github@addaleax.net>
---
 download_latest.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/download_latest.sh b/download_latest.sh
index c3d54bc9f0..4c9b926371 100755
--- a/download_latest.sh
+++ b/download_latest.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ case "$ext" in
         file=$(mktemp)
 
         echo "Downloading $url to $file …"
-        trap 'rm -f $file' EXIT
+        trap 'rm -f "$file"' EXIT
 
         curl -fsSL "$url" > "$file"
         echo "Downloaded $ext file; extracting mongosh …"

From e8d4af8298a5f1ef0ed8c86e8466c889ce11b67e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:32:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Extract the crypto library as well.

---
 download_latest.sh | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/download_latest.sh b/download_latest.sh
index c3d54bc9f0..7a31133499 100755
--- a/download_latest.sh
+++ b/download_latest.sh
@@ -67,14 +67,15 @@ case "$ext" in
         curl -fsSL "$url" > "$file"
         echo "Downloaded $ext file; extracting mongosh …"
 
-        unzip -j "$file" '*/mongosh'
+        unzip -vj "$file" '*/bin/mongosh*'
         ;;
     tgz)
         echo "Downloading & extracting from $url …"
 
         curl -fsSL "$url" | tar -xzf - \
             --transform "s/.*\///" \
-            --wildcards "**/mongosh"
+            --wildcards "**/bin/mongosh*" \
+        | sed -E 's/^.*[/]//'
 
         ;;
     *)
@@ -82,4 +83,4 @@ case "$ext" in
         exit 1
 esac
 
-echo "Success! 'mongosh' is now saved in this directory."
+echo "Success! 'mongosh' and its crypto library are now saved in this directory."

From 9fad15ddfe496cb8af21143bbca00066d4a306d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felipe Gasper <felipe@felipegasper.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:41:24 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] prettify & add manual download link

---
 download_latest.sh | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/download_latest.sh b/download_latest.sh
index 741df36b30..d396f59dec 100755
--- a/download_latest.sh
+++ b/download_latest.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ set -o errexit
 
 MONGOSH_RELEASES_URL=https://downloads.mongodb.com/compass/mongosh.json
 
+show_download_link() {
+    echo >&2 "Download mongosh manually from:"
+    echo >&2
+    printf >&2 "\t%s\n", 'https://www.mongodb.com/try/download/shell'
+}
+
 for tool in jq curl; do
     which "$tool" >/dev/null || {
         echo >&2 "This script requires '$tool'."
@@ -23,7 +29,9 @@ case "$os" in
         ext=zip
         ;;
     *)
-        echo >&2 "This script does not support this OS ($os). Download mongosh manually."
+        echo >&2 "❌ This script does not support this OS ($os)."
+        show_download_link
+
         exit 1
 esac
 
@@ -53,7 +61,8 @@ EOF
 url=$(curl -fsSL $MONGOSH_RELEASES_URL | jq -r "$jq_query")
 
 if [ -z "$url" ]; then
-    echo >&2 "No download found for $os on $arch; download manually."
+    echo >&2 "❓ No download found for $os on $arch."
+    show_download_link
     exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -80,7 +89,8 @@ case "$ext" in
         ;;
     *)
         echo >&2 "Bad file extension: $ext"
+        show_download_link
         exit 1
 esac
 
-echo "Success! 'mongosh' and its crypto library are now saved in this directory."
+echo "✅ Success! 'mongosh' and its crypto library are now saved in this directory."