diff --git a/windev.ps1 b/windev.ps1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9440f8f4 --- /dev/null +++ b/windev.ps1 @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +<# +.SYNOPSIS + This Script is used as a target for the https://christitus.com/windev alias. + It queries the latest winget release (no matter if Pre-Release, Draft or Full Release) and invokes It +.DESCRIPTION + This Script provides a simple way to always start the bleeding edge release even if it's not yet a full release. + This function should be run with administrative privileges. + Because this way of recursively invoking scripts via Invoke-Expression it might very well happen that AV Programs flag this because it's a common way of mulitstage exploits to run +.EXAMPLE + irm https://christitus.com/windev | iex + OR + Run in Admin Powershell > ./windev.ps1 +#> + +# Function to fetch the latest release tag from the GitHub API +function Get-LatestRelease { + try { + $releases = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri 'https://api.github.com/repos/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/releases' + $latestRelease = $releases | Select-Object -First 1 + return $latestRelease.tag_name + } catch { + Write-Host "Error fetching release data: $_" -ForegroundColor Red + return $null + } +} + +# Function to redirect to the latest pre-release version +function RedirectToLatestPreRelease { + $latestRelease = Get-LatestRelease + if ($latestRelease) { + $url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil/$latestRelease/winutil.ps1" + Invoke-RestMethod $url | Invoke-Expression + } else { + Write-Host 'Unable to determine latest pre-release version.' -ForegroundColor Red + } +} + +# Call the redirect function + +RedirectToLatestPreRelease \ No newline at end of file