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

In case that the repo is using just tags instead of release -- cf. jQuery -- the solutions which based on one URL does not work.

Instead, you have to query all tags, sort them and construct the download URL. I implemented such a solution for the language Go and the jQuery repo: Link to Github.

Perhaps, this helps someone.