[aur-general] Sourcing GitHub release tarballs without filename::url (was: Re: TU Application: Daniel M. Capella)

[Daniel M. Capella]

>>> - The following can be used for GitHub releases (where $url is eg.
>>>   <https://github.com/LegNeato/asciinema-rs>):
>>>
>>>   - Before:
>>> `source=("$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::$url/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz")`
>>>   - After: `source=("$url/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-v$pkgver.tar.gz")`
>>
>>
>> Correction: $pkgname in the after line is only correct if it matches the
>> project name, tense included -- assuming you like it to match the name of
>> the downloaded tarball. Same goes for the version (eg. the "v" some
>> projects use). For ease of use, perhaps best to keep this out of the
>> guidelines.
>>
>
>Further correction: With the after line, the "v" is always stripped with
>the downloaded tarball. That would make this example:
>`source=("$url/archive/v$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")`

Update(Correction?): You can put whatever you want between the last "/"
and ".tar.gz", and it will be named that.

--
Best,
polyzen
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