Is there a link to GitHub for downloading a file in the latest release of a repository?

Question

Using GitHub\'s Release feature, it is possible to provide a link to download a specific version of the published software. However, every time a release is made, the gh-pag

Answer 1

The Linking to releases help page does mention a "Latest Release" button, but that doesn't get you a download link.

https://github.com/reactiveui/ReactiveUI/releases/latest

For that, you need to get the latest tag first (as mentioned in "GitHub URL for latest release of the download file?"):

latestTag=$(git describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)

curl -L https://github.com/reactiveui/ReactiveUI/releases/download/$latestTag/ReactiveUI-$latestTag.zip