[Suggestion] Remove version in release asset file name

[liuyigh]

Dear exa developer,

To facilitate simple automated install script, please consider remove version such as 0.9.0 from release asset file name.

Right now, I can download latest exa with think link:
https://github.com/ogham/exa/releases/latest/download/exa-linux-x86_64-0.9.0.zip

I have to use a script to query GitHub api to get the latest version number to make this fully automatic. If you make the file name simply exa-linux-x86_64.zip, the download will be as simple as：

curl -OL https://github.com/ogham/exa/releases/latest/download/exa-linux-x86_64.zip

For instance, I can already download the latest lf terminal file manager though:

curl -OL https://github.com/gokcehan/lf/releases/latest/download/lf-linux-amd64.tar.gz

Thanks for your consideration.

[liuyigh]

A temporary solution:

EXA=$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/ogham/exa/releases/latest' | \
    python -c "import sys, json; print(json.load(sys.stdin)['tag_name'])")
wget https://github.com/ogham/exa/releases/download/$EXA/exa-linux-x86_64-$EXA.zip

[ogham]

Hi,

I think more people expect the version number to be there than not, so I cannot change the asset file names.

However, I understand your use case. I made a shortcut, not on GitHub, but on exa's website:

https://the.exa.website/linux.zip

This will redirect to the GitHub download for the Linux x86_64 version. Hope this helps.

[liuyigh]

Thanks a lot! That will do.