download gh cli directly from release (https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/6175) (#133)

* download gh cli release (https://github.com/cli/cli/issues/6175)

* typo

* typo

src/github-cli/devcontainer-feature.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "id": "github-cli",
-    "version": "1.0.2",
+    "version": "1.0.3",
     "name": "GitHub CLI",
     "documentationURL": "https://github.com/devcontainers/features/tree/main/src/github-cli",
     "description": "Installs the GitHub CLI. Auto-detects latest version and installs needed dependencies.",
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
             ],
             "default": "latest",
             "description": "Select version of the GitHub CLI, if not latest."
+        },
+        "installDirectlyFromGitHubRelease": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": true
         }
     }
 }
+

src/github-cli/install.sh

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 # Maintainer: The VS Code and Codespaces Teams
 
 CLI_VERSION=${VERSION:-"latest"}
+INSTALL_DIRECTLY_FROM_GITHUB_RELEASE=${INSTALLDIRECTLYFROMGITHUBRELEASE:-"true"}
 
 GITHUB_CLI_ARCHIVE_GPG_KEY=C99B11DEB97541F0
 GPG_KEY_SERVERS="keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80
@@ -152,6 +153,57 @@ check_packages() {
     fi
 }
 
+find_version_from_git_tags() {
+    local variable_name=$1
+    local requested_version=${!variable_name}
+    if [ "${requested_version}" = "none" ]; then return; fi
+    local repository=$2
+    local prefix=${3:-"tags/v"}
+    local separator=${4:-"."}
+    local last_part_optional=${5:-"false"}    
+    if [ "$(echo "${requested_version}" | grep -o "." | wc -l)" != "2" ]; then
+        local escaped_separator=${separator//./\\.}
+        local last_part
+        if [ "${last_part_optional}" = "true" ]; then
+            last_part="(${escaped_separator}[0-9]+)?"
+        else
+            last_part="${escaped_separator}[0-9]+"
+        fi
+        local regex="${prefix}\\K[0-9]+${escaped_separator}[0-9]+${last_part}$"
+        local version_list="$(git ls-remote --tags ${repository} | grep -oP "${regex}" | tr -d ' ' | tr "${separator}" "." | sort -rV)"
+        if [ "${requested_version}" = "latest" ] || [ "${requested_version}" = "current" ] || [ "${requested_version}" = "lts" ]; then
+            declare -g ${variable_name}="$(echo "${version_list}" | head -n 1)"
+        else
+            set +e
+            declare -g ${variable_name}="$(echo "${version_list}" | grep -E -m 1 "^${requested_version//./\\.}([\\.\\s]|$)")"
+            set -e
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ -z "${!variable_name}" ] || ! echo "${version_list}" | grep "^${!variable_name//./\\.}$" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+        echo -e "Invalid ${variable_name} value: ${requested_version}\nValid values:\n${version_list}" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "${variable_name}=${!variable_name}"
+}
+
+
+# Fall back on direct download if no apt package exists
+# Fetches .deb file to be installed with dpkg
+install_deb_using_github() {
+    check_packages wget
+    arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)
+
+    find_version_from_git_tags CLI_VERSION https://github.com/cli/cli
+    cli_filename="gh_${CLI_VERSION}_linux_${arch}.deb"
+
+    mkdir -p /tmp/ghcli
+    pushd /tmp/ghcli
+    wget https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${CLI_VERSION}/${cli_filename}
+    dpkg -i /tmp/ghcli/${cli_filename}
+    popd
+    rm -rf /tmp/ghcli
+}
+
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 # Install curl, apt-transport-https, curl, gpg, or dirmngr, git if missing
@@ -171,6 +223,10 @@ fi
 
 # Install the GitHub CLI
 echo "Downloading github CLI..."
+
+if [ "${INSTALL_DIRECTLY_FROM_GITHUB_RELEASE}" = "true" ]; then
+    install_deb_using_github
+else
    # Import key safely (new method rather than deprecated apt-key approach) and install
     . /etc/os-release
     receive_gpg_keys GITHUB_CLI_ARCHIVE_GPG_KEY /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
@@ -179,3 +235,4 @@ apt-get update
     apt-get -y install "gh${version_suffix}"
     rm -rf "/tmp/gh/gnupg"
     echo "Done!"
+fi