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  1. @lukechilds lukechilds created this gist Aug 9, 2016.
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    get_latest_release() {
    curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/$1/releases/latest" | # Get latest release from GitHub api
    grep '"tag_name":' | # Get tag line
    sed -E 's/.*"([^"]+)".*/\1/' # Pluck JSON value
    }

    # Usage
    # $ get_latest_release "creationix/nvm"
    # v0.31.4