diff --git a/local/bin/x-gh-get-latest-release-targz b/local/bin/x-gh-get-latest-release-targz
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+REPO=$1
+
+if [ -z "$REPO" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <repo> (e.g. ivuorinen/dotfiles)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+LOCATION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest" \
+  | sed -Ene '/^[[:blank:]]+"tarball_url":[[:blank:]]"(https:[^"]+)",/s//\1/p')
+
+echo "Downloading and extracting from: $LOCATION"
+
+curl --location --silent "$LOCATION" | tar --extract --gzip --file=-
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 ft=sh et:
diff --git a/local/bin/x-gh-get-latest-version b/local/bin/x-gh-get-latest-version
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+REPO=$1
+
+if [ -z "$REPO" ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <repo> (e.g. ivuorinen/dotfiles)"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+VERSION=$(
+  curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest" \
+    | grep "tag_name" \
+    | awk '{print substr($2, 2, length($2)-3)}'
+)
+
+echo "$VERSION"
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 ft=sh et: