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Asked: 2026-06-13T17:12:27+00:00

I’m working on a script that sets up a CMS ( Statamic ) so

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I’m working on a script that sets up a CMS (Statamic) so that devs can jump right into writing code and not have to manually move stuff around, gather commonly used code from GitHub, and so on.

I need a way to grab the most recent version of a project from GitHub, unzip it, and be able to move stuff around without knowing the lastest sha.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Code

    # Download most recent version from GitHub
curl -L -o DOWNLOADED_FILE_NAME.zip https://api.github.com/repos/USER/REPO/zipball/BRANCH
unzip DOWNLOADED_FILE_NAME.zip
# Find out the name of the unzipped dir and assign it to a variable.
UNZIPPED_DIR=$(compgen -A builtin -f USER-REPO)
rm DOWNLOADED_FILE_NAME.zip

    Explanation

    • -L tells curl to follow the redirect.
    • -o specifies the name of the downloaded file.
    • Read this for info on downloading GitHub files from the command line.
    • For info on compgen, check out this answer to another question.
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