From 30abb232cc620ae6030883be2028f6fcafb9c876 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vasileios Naskos <vasileios.naskos@sonarsource.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 11:40:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Use GitHub releases to fetch latest version

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml |  5 -----
 user-scripts/install.ps1    | 16 ++++++++++------
 user-scripts/install.sh     | 14 +++++++-------
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ef18f455..62eb7603 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -259,11 +259,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy user scripts to dist
         run: cp user-scripts/install.sh user-scripts/install.ps1 dist/
 
-      - name: Generate latest-version.txt
-        env:
-          PROJECT_VERSION: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.PROJECT_VERSION }}
-        run: echo "${PROJECT_VERSION}" > dist/latest-version.txt
-
       - name: Upload binaries to Artifactory
         env:
           ARTIFACTORY_URL: ${{ fromJSON(steps.secrets.outputs.vault).ARTIFACTORY_URL }}
diff --git a/user-scripts/install.ps1 b/user-scripts/install.ps1
index f30c1a77..09c851c0 100644
--- a/user-scripts/install.ps1
+++ b/user-scripts/install.ps1
@@ -10,8 +10,14 @@ $BaseUrl    = 'https://binaries.sonarsource.com/Distribution/sonarqube-cli'
 $Platform   = 'windows-x86-64'
 
 function Resolve-LatestVersion {
-    $Version = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "$BaseUrl/latest-version.txt" -UseBasicParsing).Content.Trim()
-    if (-not $Version) {
+    $ReleasesUrl = 'https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-cli/releases/latest'
+    $Request = [System.Net.WebRequest]::Create($ReleasesUrl)
+    $Request.AllowAutoRedirect = $true
+    $Response = $Request.GetResponse()
+    $FinalUrl = $Response.ResponseUri.AbsoluteUri
+    $Response.Close()
+    $Version = ($FinalUrl -split '/')[-1] -replace '^v', ''
+    if (-not $Version -or $Version -eq 'latest') {
         Write-Error 'Could not determine the latest version.'
         exit 1
     }
@@ -42,10 +48,8 @@ function Add-ToUserPath {
 
 # --- Main ---
 
-#Write-Host 'Fetching latest version...'
-#$SonarVersion = Resolve-LatestVersion
-
-$SonarVersion = "0.4.0.345"
+Write-Host 'Fetching latest version...'
+$SonarVersion = Resolve-LatestVersion
 Write-Host "Latest version: $SonarVersion"
 
 $Filename     = "sonarqube-cli-$SonarVersion-$Platform.exe"
diff --git a/user-scripts/install.sh b/user-scripts/install.sh
index e2cea048..eaa570b0 100644
--- a/user-scripts/install.sh
+++ b/user-scripts/install.sh
@@ -30,18 +30,19 @@ detect_platform() {
 }
 
 resolve_latest_version() {
+  local releases_url="https://github.com/SonarSource/sonarqube-cli/releases/latest"
   local version
   if command -v curl &>/dev/null; then
-    version="$(curl -fsSL "$BASE_URL/latest-version.txt")"
+    version="$(curl -fsSL -o /dev/null -w '%{url_effective}' "$releases_url" | grep -oE '[^/]+$')"
   elif command -v wget &>/dev/null; then
-    version="$(wget -qO- "$BASE_URL/latest-version.txt")"
+    version="$(wget -qO /dev/null --server-response "$releases_url" 2>&1 | grep -i 'location:' | tail -1 | grep -oE '[^/]+$')"
   else
     echo "Error: neither curl nor wget is available. Please install one and retry." >&2
     exit 1
   fi
 
-  version="$(printf '%s' "$version" | tr -d '[:space:]')"
-  if [[ -z "$version" ]]; then
+  version="$(printf '%s' "$version" | tr -d '[:space:]' | sed 's/^v//')"
+  if [[ -z "$version" ]] || [[ "$version" == "latest" ]]; then
     echo "Error: could not determine the latest version." >&2
     exit 1
   fi
@@ -68,9 +69,8 @@ main() {
   platform="$(detect_platform)"
 
   local version
-  #echo "Fetching latest version..."
-  #version="$(resolve_latest_version)"
-  version="0.4.0.345"
+  echo "Fetching latest version..."
+  version="$(resolve_latest_version)"
   echo "Latest version: $version"
 
   local filename="sonarqube-cli-${version}-${platform}.exe"