Function getLatestReleaseTag

npm_modules/cli/src/utils/githubUtils.ts:24–51

(repoUrl: string)

 * Falls back to git ls-remote only when the repo has no releases (404).
 */
export async function getLatestReleaseTag(repoUrl: string): Promise<string> {
  const slug = parseGitHubRepoSlug(repoUrl);
  let response: Response;
  try {
    response = await fetch(`https://api.github.com/repos/${slug}/releases/latest`, {
      headers: { 'User-Agent': 'Valdi-CLI' },
    });
  } catch (error) {
    const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
    throw new Error(
      `Could not fetch latest release from GitHub (${message}). ${LATEST_RELEASE_HINT}`,
    );
  }
  if (!response.ok) {
    if (response.status === 404) {
      // No releases or no "latest" release – fall back to git ls-remote
      return getLatestReleaseTagFromGit(repoUrl);
    }
    throw new Error(
      `GitHub API returned ${response.status} (rate limit or server error). ${LATEST_RELEASE_HINT}`,
    );
  }
  const data = (await response.json()) as { tag_name?: string };
  if (typeof data?.tag_name !== 'string') {
    throw new Error(`Invalid response: missing tag_name. ${LATEST_RELEASE_HINT}`);
  }
  return data.tag_name;
}

/** Matches semver-like tags (e.g. v1.0.0, 2.3.1, beta-0.0.1). Captures major, minor, patch. */
const SEMVER_TAG_REGEX = /^(?:\w+-)?v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)(?:[-.]\S+)?$/u;