download from release

CHANGELOG.md

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 ## CHANGES
 
+### 16-Nov-2023
+- added function to download from releases only and not from upstream repo
+- ```bash
+chmod +x release.sh
+./release.sh
+```
+
 ### 15-Nov-2023
 - edited pywal.css waybar style.
 - waybar configs and styles renamed.

README.md

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 - ~/Pictures/wallpapers - Will be backed up
 
 ### 🔔 Automatic copy of configurations
-> clone this repo by using git. Change directory, make executable and run the script
+clone this repo by using git. Change directory, make executable and run the script
 ```bash
 git clone https://github.com/JaKooLit/Hyprland-Dots.git
 cd Hyprland-Dots
+```
+to copy from upstream (possible bugs)
+```bash
 chmod +x copy.sh
 ./copy.sh
 ```
+to copy from releases (more test)
+```bash
+chmod +x release.sh
+./release.sh
+```
+
 ### 🐌 Manual copy (not recommended for newbies)
 - Backup your existing folders in ~/.config (advisable)
 - copy all contents of configs into ~/.config, overwriting all

release.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Set some colors for output messages
+OK="$(tput setaf 2)[OK]$(tput sgr0)"
+ERROR="$(tput setaf 1)[ERROR]$(tput sgr0)"
+NOTE="$(tput setaf 3)[NOTE]$(tput sgr0)"
+WARN="$(tput setaf 166)[WARN]$(tput sgr0)"
+CAT="$(tput setaf 6)[ACTION]$(tput sgr0)"
+ORANGE=$(tput setaf 166)
+YELLOW=$(tput setaf 3)
+RESET=$(tput sgr0)
+
+printf "${NOTE} Checking for existing Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz...\n"
+
+# Check if Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz exists
+if [ -f Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz ]; then
+  printf "${NOTE} Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz found.\n"
+
+  # Get the version from the existing tarball filename
+  existing_version=$(echo Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz | grep -oP 'v\d+\.\d+\.\d+' | sed 's/v//')
+
+  # Fetch the tag_name for the latest release using the GitHub API
+  latest_version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/JaKooLit/Hyprland-Dots/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | cut -d '"' -f 4 | sed 's/v//')
+
+  # Check if versions match
+  if [ "$existing_version" = "$latest_version" ]; then
+    echo -e "${OK} Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz is up-to-date with the latest release ($latest_version)."
+    
+    # Sleep for 10 seconds before exiting
+    printf "${NOTE} No update found. Sleeping for 10 seconds...\n"
+    sleep 10
+    exit 0
+  else
+    echo -e "${WARN} Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz is outdated (Existing version: $existing_version, Latest version: $latest_version)."
+    read -p "Do you want to upgrade to the latest version? (y/n): " upgrade_choice
+    if [ "$upgrade_choice" = "y" ]; then
+      echo -e "${NOTE} Proceeding to download the latest release."
+      rm -f Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz
+      printf "${WARN} Removed existing Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz.\n"
+    else
+      echo -e "${NOTE} User chose not to upgrade. Exiting..."
+      exit 0
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+printf "${NOTE} Downloading the latest Hyprland source code release...\n"
+
+# Fetch the tarball URL for the latest release using the GitHub API
+latest_tarball_url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/JaKooLit/Hyprland-Dots/releases/latest | grep "tarball_url" | cut -d '"' -f 4)
+
+# Check if the URL is obtained successfully
+if [ -z "$latest_tarball_url" ]; then
+  echo -e "${ERROR} Unable to fetch the tarball URL for the latest release."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract the direct download URL from the tarball URL
+download_url=$(echo "$latest_tarball_url" | sed 's/{\/tarball\/.*}//')
+
+# Get the filename from the URL
+file_name=$(basename "$download_url")
+
+# Download the latest release source code tarball to the current directory
+if curl -LOk "$download_url"; then
+  mv "$file_name" Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz  # Rename the downloaded file if needed
+
+  # Extract the contents of the tarball
+  tar -xzf Hyprland-Dots.tar.gz
+
+  # Rename the extracted directory to JaKooLit-Hyprland-Dots
+  mv JaKooLit-Hyprland-Dots-* JaKooLit-Hyprland-Dots
+
+  cd "JaKooLit-Hyprland-Dots" || exit 1
+
+  # Set execute permission for copy.sh and execute it
+  chmod +x copy.sh
+  ./copy.sh 2>&1 | tee -a "../install-$(date +'%d-%H%M%S')_dots.log"
+
+  echo -e "${OK} Latest source code release downloaded, extracted, and processed successfully."
+else
+  echo -e "${ERROR} Failed to download the latest source code release."
+  exit 1
+fi