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fix(install.ps1): pin PortableGit instead of hitting rate-limited GitHub API #28943

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30 changes: 16 additions & 14 deletions scripts/install.ps1
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Expand Up @@ -538,33 +538,35 @@ function Install-Git {
"32-bit-mingit"
}

$releaseApi = "https://api.github.com/repos/git-for-windows/git/releases/latest"
$release = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $releaseApi -UseBasicParsing -Headers @{ "User-Agent" = "hermes-installer" }
# Pinned git-for-windows release. We deliberately do NOT hit
# api.github.com/repos/.../releases/latest here: that endpoint
# is rate-limited to 60 requests/hour/IP for unauthenticated
# callers, and users behind CGNAT / corporate NAT / dorm WiFi
# routinely hit the limit, breaking the installer.
# Static github.com/.../releases/download/<tag>/<asset> URLs
# are not subject to the API rate limit.
$gitTag = "v2.54.0.windows.1"
$gitVer = "2.54.0"
$gitVerTag = "$gitVer.windows.1"

if ($arch -eq "32-bit-mingit") {
Write-Warn "32-bit Windows detected -- PortableGit is 64-bit only. Installing MinGit 32-bit as a last resort; bash-dependent Hermes features (terminal tool, agent-browser) will not work on this machine."
$assetPattern = "MinGit-*-32-bit.zip"
$assetName = "MinGit-$gitVer-32-bit.zip"
$downloadIsZip = $true
} elseif ($arch -eq "arm64") {
$assetPattern = "PortableGit-*-arm64.7z.exe"
$assetName = "PortableGit-$gitVer-arm64.7z.exe"
$downloadIsZip = $false
} else {
$assetPattern = "PortableGit-*-64-bit.7z.exe"
$assetName = "PortableGit-$gitVer-64-bit.7z.exe"
$downloadIsZip = $false
}

$asset = $release.assets | Where-Object { $_.name -like $assetPattern } | Select-Object -First 1

if (-not $asset) {
throw "Could not find $assetPattern in latest git-for-windows release"
}

$downloadUrl = $asset.browser_download_url
$downloadUrl = "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/$gitTag/$assetName"
$downloadExt = if ($downloadIsZip) { "zip" } else { "7z.exe" }
$tmpFile = "$env:TEMP\$($asset.name)"
$tmpFile = "$env:TEMP\$assetName"
$gitDir = "$HermesHome\git"

Write-Info "Downloading $($asset.name) ($([math]::Round($asset.size / 1MB, 1)) MB)..."
Write-Info "Downloading $assetName (Git for Windows $gitVerTag)..."
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUrl -OutFile $tmpFile -UseBasicParsing

if (Test-Path $gitDir) {
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