feat(cli): get the run-gemini-cli version from the GitHub API (#5708)

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/setupGithubCommand.test.ts

@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@
  */
 
 import { vi, describe, expect, it, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
-import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+import * as gitUtils from '../../utils/gitUtils.js';
 import { setupGithubCommand } from './setupGithubCommand.js';
 import { CommandContext, ToolActionReturn } from './types.js';
 
 vi.mock('child_process');
 
-describe('setupGithubCommand', () => {
+// Mock fetch globally
+global.fetch = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('../../utils/gitUtils.js', () => ({
+  isGitHubRepository: vi.fn(),
+  getGitRepoRoot: vi.fn(),
+  getLatestGitHubRelease: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+describe('setupGithubCommand', async () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     vi.resetAllMocks();
   });
@@ -20,49 +29,35 @@ describe('setupGithubCommand', () => {
     vi.restoreAllMocks();
   });
 
-  it('returns a tool action to download github workflows and handles paths', () => {
+  it('returns a tool action to download github workflows and handles paths', async () => {
     const fakeRepoRoot = '/github.com/fake/repo/root';
-    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValue(fakeRepoRoot);
+    const fakeReleaseVersion = 'v1.2.3';
 
-    const result = setupGithubCommand.action?.(
+    vi.mocked(gitUtils.isGitHubRepository).mockReturnValueOnce(true);
+    vi.mocked(gitUtils.getGitRepoRoot).mockReturnValueOnce(fakeRepoRoot);
+    vi.mocked(gitUtils.getLatestGitHubRelease).mockResolvedValueOnce(
+      fakeReleaseVersion,
+    );
+
+    const result = (await setupGithubCommand.action?.(
       {} as CommandContext,
       '',
-    ) as ToolActionReturn;
+    )) as ToolActionReturn;
-
-    expect(result.type).toBe('tool');
-    expect(result.toolName).toBe('run_shell_command');
-    expect(child_process.execSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      'git rev-parse --show-toplevel',
-      {
-        encoding: 'utf-8',
-      },
-    );
-    expect(child_process.execSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith('git remote -v', {
-      encoding: 'utf-8',
-    });
 
     const { command } = result.toolArgs;
 
     const expectedSubstrings = [
+      `set -eEuo pipefail`,
       `mkdir -p "${fakeRepoRoot}/.github/workflows"`,
-      `curl -fsSL -o "${fakeRepoRoot}/.github/workflows/gemini-cli.yml"`,
+      `curl --fail --location --output "/github.com/fake/repo/root/.github/workflows/gemini-cli.yml" --show-error --silent`,
-      `curl -fsSL -o "${fakeRepoRoot}/.github/workflows/gemini-issue-automated-triage.yml"`,
+      `curl --fail --location --output "/github.com/fake/repo/root/.github/workflows/gemini-issue-automated-triage.yml" --show-error --silent`,
-      `curl -fsSL -o "${fakeRepoRoot}/.github/workflows/gemini-issue-scheduled-triage.yml"`,
+      `curl --fail --location --output "/github.com/fake/repo/root/.github/workflows/gemini-issue-scheduled-triage.yml" --show-error --silent`,
-      `curl -fsSL -o "${fakeRepoRoot}/.github/workflows/gemini-pr-review.yml"`,
+      `curl --fail --location --output "/github.com/fake/repo/root/.github/workflows/gemini-pr-review.yml" --show-error --silent`,
-      'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/refs/tags/v0/examples/workflows/',
+      `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/refs/tags/`,
     ];
 
     for (const substring of expectedSubstrings) {
       expect(command).toContain(substring);
     }
   });
-
-  it('throws an error if git root cannot be determined', () => {
-    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValue('');
-    expect(() => {
-      setupGithubCommand.action?.({} as CommandContext, '');
-    }).toThrow(
-      'Unable to determine the GitHub repository. /setup-github must be run from a git repository.',
-    );
-  });
 });

packages/cli/src/ui/commands/setupGithubCommand.ts

@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
  */
 
 import path from 'path';
-import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+
-import { isGitHubRepository } from '../../utils/gitUtils.js';
+import { CommandContext } from '../../ui/commands/types.js';
+import {
+  getGitRepoRoot,
+  getLatestGitHubRelease,
+  isGitHubRepository,
+} from '../../utils/gitUtils.js';
 
 import {
   CommandKind,
@@ -18,26 +23,29 @@ export const setupGithubCommand: SlashCommand = {
   name: 'setup-github',
   description: 'Set up GitHub Actions',
   kind: CommandKind.BUILT_IN,
-  action: (): SlashCommandActionReturn => {
+  action: async (
+    context: CommandContext,
+  ): Promise<SlashCommandActionReturn> => {
     if (!isGitHubRepository()) {
       throw new Error(
         'Unable to determine the GitHub repository. /setup-github must be run from a git repository.',
       );
     }
 
-    let gitRootRepo: string;
+    // Find the root directory of the repo
+    let gitRepoRoot: string;
     try {
-      gitRootRepo = execSync('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', {
+      gitRepoRoot = getGitRepoRoot();
-        encoding: 'utf-8',
+    } catch (_error) {
-      }).trim();
+      console.debug(`Failed to get git repo root:`, _error);
-    } catch {
       throw new Error(
         'Unable to determine the GitHub repository. /setup-github must be run from a git repository.',
       );
     }
 
-    const version = 'v0';
+    // Get the latest release tag from GitHub
-    const workflowBaseUrl = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/refs/tags/${version}/examples/workflows/`;
+    const proxy = context?.services?.config?.getProxy();
+    const releaseTag = await getLatestGitHubRelease(proxy);
 
     const workflows = [
       'gemini-cli/gemini-cli.yml',
@@ -46,16 +54,29 @@ export const setupGithubCommand: SlashCommand = {
       'pr-review/gemini-pr-review.yml',
     ];
 
-    const command = [
+    const commands = [];
-      'set -e',
+
-      `mkdir -p "${gitRootRepo}/.github/workflows"`,
+    // Ensure fast exit
-      ...workflows.map((workflow) => {
+    commands.push(`set -eEuo pipefail`);
-        const fileName = path.basename(workflow);
+
-        return `curl -fsSL -o "${gitRootRepo}/.github/workflows/${fileName}" "${workflowBaseUrl}/${workflow}"`;
+    // Make the directory if it doesn't exist
-      }),
+    commands.push(`mkdir -p "${gitRepoRoot}/.github/workflows"`);
-      'echo "Workflows downloaded successfully. Follow steps in https://github.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/blob/v0/README.md#quick-start (skipping the /setup-github step) to complete setup."',
+
-      'open https://github.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/blob/v0/README.md#quick-start',
+    for (const workflow of workflows) {
-    ].join(' && ');
+      const fileName = path.basename(workflow);
+      const curlCommand = buildCurlCommand(
+        `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/refs/tags/${releaseTag}/examples/workflows/${workflow}`,
+        [`--output "${gitRepoRoot}/.github/workflows/${fileName}"`],
+      );
+      commands.push(curlCommand);
+    }
+
+    commands.push(
+      `echo "Successfully downloaded ${workflows.length} workflows. Follow the steps in https://github.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/blob/${releaseTag}/README.md#quick-start (skipping the /setup-github step) to complete setup."`,
+      `open https://github.com/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/blob/${releaseTag}/README.md#quick-start`,
+    );
+
+    const command = `(${commands.join(' && ')})`;
     return {
       type: 'tool',
       toolName: 'run_shell_command',
@@ -67,3 +88,20 @@ export const setupGithubCommand: SlashCommand = {
     };
   },
 };
+
+// buildCurlCommand is a helper for constructing a consistent curl command.
+function buildCurlCommand(u: string, additionalArgs?: string[]): string {
+  const args = [];
+  args.push('--fail');
+  args.push('--location');
+  args.push('--show-error');
+  args.push('--silent');
+
+  for (const val of additionalArgs || []) {
+    args.push(val);
+  }
+
+  args.sort();
+
+  return `curl ${args.join(' ')} "${u}"`;
+}

packages/cli/src/utils/gitUtils.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2025 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import { vi, describe, expect, it, afterEach, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
+import {
+  isGitHubRepository,
+  getGitRepoRoot,
+  getLatestGitHubRelease,
+} from './gitUtils.js';
+
+vi.mock('child_process');
+
+describe('isGitHubRepository', async () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('returns false if the git command fails', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockImplementation((): string => {
+      throw new Error('oops');
+    });
+    expect(isGitHubRepository()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns false if the remote is not github.com', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValueOnce('https://gitlab.com');
+    expect(isGitHubRepository()).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('returns true if the remote is github.com', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValueOnce(`
+      origin  https://github.com/sethvargo/gemini-cli (fetch)
+      origin  https://github.com/sethvargo/gemini-cli (push)
+    `);
+    expect(isGitHubRepository()).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getGitRepoRoot', async () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('throws an error if git root cannot be determined', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockImplementation((): string => {
+      throw new Error('oops');
+    });
+    expect(() => {
+      getGitRepoRoot();
+    }).toThrowError(/oops/);
+  });
+
+  it('throws an error if git root is empty', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValueOnce('');
+    expect(() => {
+      getGitRepoRoot();
+    }).toThrowError(/Git repo returned empty value/);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the root', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(child_process.execSync).mockReturnValueOnce('/path/to/git/repo');
+    expect(getGitRepoRoot()).toBe('/path/to/git/repo');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('getLatestRelease', async () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.resetAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  });
+
+  it('throws an error if the fetch fails', async () => {
+    global.fetch = vi.fn(() => Promise.reject('nope'));
+    expect(getLatestGitHubRelease()).rejects.toThrowError(
+      /Unable to determine the latest/,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('throws an error if the fetch does not return a json body', async () => {
+    global.fetch = vi.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({ foo: 'bar' }),
+      } as Response),
+    );
+    expect(getLatestGitHubRelease()).rejects.toThrowError(
+      /Unable to determine the latest/,
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('returns the release version', async () => {
+    global.fetch = vi.fn(() =>
+      Promise.resolve({
+        ok: true,
+        json: () => Promise.resolve({ tag_name: 'v1.2.3' }),
+      } as Response),
+    );
+    expect(getLatestGitHubRelease()).resolves.toBe('v1.2.3');
+  });
+});

packages/cli/src/utils/gitUtils.ts

@@ -5,22 +5,89 @@
  */
 
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { ProxyAgent, setGlobalDispatcher } from 'undici';
 
 /**
  * Checks if a directory is within a git repository hosted on GitHub.
  * @returns true if the directory is in a git repository with a github.com remote, false otherwise
  */
-export function isGitHubRepository(): boolean {
+export const isGitHubRepository = (): boolean => {
   try {
-    const remotes = execSync('git remote -v', {
+    const remotes = (
-      encoding: 'utf-8',
+      execSync('git remote -v', {
-    });
+        encoding: 'utf-8',
+      }) || ''
+    ).trim();
 
     const pattern = /github\.com/;
 
     return pattern.test(remotes);
   } catch (_error) {
     // If any filesystem error occurs, assume not a git repo
+    console.debug(`Failed to get git remote:`, _error);
     return false;
   }
-}
+};
+
+/**
+ * getGitRepoRoot returns the root directory of the git repository.
+ * @returns the path to the root of the git repo.
+ * @throws error if the exec command fails.
+ */
+export const getGitRepoRoot = (): string => {
+  const gitRepoRoot = (
+    execSync('git rev-parse --show-toplevel', {
+      encoding: 'utf-8',
+    }) || ''
+  ).trim();
+
+  if (!gitRepoRoot) {
+    throw new Error(`Git repo returned empty value`);
+  }
+
+  return gitRepoRoot;
+};
+
+/**
+ * getLatestGitHubRelease returns the release tag as a string.
+ * @returns string of the release tag (e.g. "v1.2.3").
+ */
+export const getLatestGitHubRelease = async (
+  proxy?: string,
+): Promise<string> => {
+  try {
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+    if (proxy) {
+      setGlobalDispatcher(new ProxyAgent(proxy));
+    }
+
+    const endpoint = `https://api.github.com/repos/google-github-actions/run-gemini-cli/releases/latest`;
+
+    const response = await fetch(endpoint, {
+      method: 'GET',
+      headers: {
+        Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
+        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+        'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
+      },
+      signal: controller.signal,
+    });
+
+    if (!response.ok) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Invalid response code: ${response.status} - ${response.statusText}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    const releaseTag = (await response.json()).tag_name;
+    if (!releaseTag) {
+      throw new Error(`Response did not include tag_name field`);
+    }
+    return releaseTag;
+  } catch (_error) {
+    console.debug(`Failed to determine latest run-gemini-cli release:`, _error);
+    throw new Error(
+      `Unable to determine the latest run-gemini-cli release on GitHub.`,
+    );
+  }
+};