microsoft / microsoft/edit

Provide a bash script to install (download and add to PATH) from latest release

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Description

See https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm/blob/master/README.md for an example of what I mean.

nvm.sh can be added to new systems running this command
curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash

It would be great to have something similar to this that download and add msedit to PATH from the latest stable release.

This can have a good impact if you want to expand adoption of msedit.

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Research direction

Review the nvm installation example linked in the issue and inspect how msedit's latest stable release is published. The work is done when a bash script downloads that release and adds msedit to PATH, with the supported installation behavior documented clearly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
bash, rust
Domain
cli, release
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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