Method latestVersionFiltered

pkg/toolinstall/registry.go:318–333

latestVersionFiltered fetches the latest release version matching a tag prefix. Needed for multi-module repos like golang/tools where tags look like "gopls/v0.21.1".

(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, tagPrefix string)

// latestVersionFiltered fetches the latest release version matching a tag prefix.
// Needed for multi-module repos like golang/tools where tags look like "gopls/v0.21.1".
func (r *Registry) latestVersionFiltered(ctx context.Context, owner, repo, tagPrefix string) (string, error) {
	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://api.github.com/repos/%s/%s/releases?per_page=50", owner, repo)

	var releases []githubRelease
	if err := r.getJSON(ctx, url, &releases); err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("fetching releases for %s/%s: %w", owner, repo, err)
	}

	for _, rel := range releases {
		if strings.HasPrefix(rel.TagName, tagPrefix) {
			return rel.TagName, nil
		}
	}

	return "", fmt.Errorf("no release found for %s/%s with tag prefix %q", owner, repo, tagPrefix)
}

// doGet performs an authenticated GET request and returns the response.
// The caller is responsible for closing the response body.