fix(installation): Provide a backup git reference when tag can't be curl
closes
If the parsed JSON data curled during a bash installation is not valid, use the repository's tag files
as a backup. If those files don't exist somehow, then checkout the master branch and install it.
@@ -102,12 +102,30 @@ Path=${1:-rustlings/}
echo "Cloning Rustlings at $Path..."
git clone -q https://github.com/rust-lang/rustlings $Path
+cd $Path
+
Version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/rust-lang/rustlings/releases/latest | ${PY} -c "import json,sys;obj=json.load(sys.stdin);print(obj['tag_name']);")
CargoBin="${CARGO_HOME:-$HOME/.cargo}/bin"
+if [[ -z ${Version} ]]
+then
+ echo "The latest tag version could not be fetched remotely."
+ echo "Using the local git repository..."
+ Version=$(ls -tr .git/refs/tags/ | tail -1)
+ if [[ -z ${Version} ]]
+ then
+ echo "No valid tag version found"
+ echo "Rustlings will be installed using the master branch"
+ Version="master"
+ else
+ Version="tags/${Version}"
+ fi
+else
+ Version="tags/${Version}"
+fi
+
echo "Checking out version $Version..."
-cd $Path
-git checkout -q tags/$Version
+git checkout -q ${Version}
echo "Installing the 'rustlings' executable..."
cargo install --force --path .
