For bitcoin, the release page:
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases
I can get github release rss seed by append ".atom" on it
https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/releases.atom
But this will include pre release tags.
How can I get latest release tag only?
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DinoStray
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Pre-releases are listed in the releases.atom feed, but they are not marked as pre-releases (no way to separate a pre-release from a final release as far as I can tell).
This information is instead available from the GitHub API.
Isaiah Norton
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2`releases.atom` now includes pre-releases. – Chih-Hsuan Yen Jun 29 '20 at 02:43
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Can you point to an example? I've just tested it on a repo w/ a pre-release but still don't see anything to indicate that status. – Isaiah Norton Jun 29 '20 at 14:53
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Here is an example https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases.atom – Chih-Hsuan Yen Jul 01 '20 at 06:53
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1Thanks for the response and the link. I believe this has always been true. Pre-releases are _listed_, but there is no way to differentiate a pre-release from a final release in the RSS. – Isaiah Norton Jul 01 '20 at 20:18
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1Oops, sorry for the noise and misunderstanding your answer. – Chih-Hsuan Yen Jul 02 '20 at 04:46
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you'll have to resort to the API.
unbelievable that such an essential feature is missing from the Atom feeds
user1259710
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May I suggest lastversion?
The lastversion utility is actually capable of detecting pre-releases from GitHub atom feeds alone, by looking at beta version identifiers in the tags.
It does use API as well for attempting to try returning more data from a release.
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