git_lastrelease

description: get the latest release name from github or gitlab project

• options:
  • repo: description: url to the git repo required: true choices: ['github.com', 'gitlab.com', 'gitlab.your_instance.suffix']
  • namespace: description: the group, namespace or owner where the git project is required: true
  • project: description: the name of the project, usually in the url it's the part before the .git required: true
  • draft: description: only used with github.com, set to true if you want to get the latest draft release required: false choices: [ 'true', 'false'] default: 'false'
  • prerelease: description: put to yes if you want to get future release, false if only existing one required: false choices: [ 'true', 'false'] default: 'false'
  • token: description: if your project is not publicly available give your personnal token required: false

How to install

put the file in your project library dir (depending your configuration see details here https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/dev_guide/developing_locally.html )

How to use:

- name: check if hadolint command exist
  shell: command -v hadolint
  ignore_errors: yes
  register: hadolint_exist

- name: get hadolint latest release metada from github
  git_lastrelease:
    repo: 'github.com'
    namespace: hadolint
    project: hadolint
  register: hadolint_release
  when: hadolint_exist.rc
  
- name: download the hadolint binary
  get_url:
    url: "https://github.com/hadolint/hadolint/releases/download/{{ hadolint_release.results.name }}/hadolint-Linux-x86_64"
    dest: /usr/local/bin/hadolint
    remote_src: yes
    mode: 777
  become: true
  when: hadolint_exist.rc