Name of CyberChef_*.zip on GitHub contains commit ID instead of version number since v11.1.0

[jkmcl]

The name of the ZIP file under Assets of each release in the Releases page of the project on GitHub used to contain the version number. But it contains the Git commit ID instead of the version number since v11.1.0:

v11.0.0: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/releases/download/v11.0.0/CyberChef_v11.0.0.zip

v11.1.0: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/releases/download/v11.1.0/CyberChef_92ea854ea76a5c035b3728b5117a960eca81a8bb.zip

v11.2.0: https://github.com/gchq/CyberChef/releases/download/v11.2.0/CyberChef_d358d82cbcb269d764a2deb598a37043bd054f45.zip

Can the naming convention be reverted?

[C85297]

Hi @jkmcl , thank you for raising. Could you explain more why the new format does not work for you, and why you would like us to revert it?

[jkmcl]

Hi @C85297! I use a script to download new versions of the CyberChef ZIP file with curl -LO to a local directory. It is not possible to tell which file contains which version of CyberChef easily (without inspecting its content, or looking up the version tag associated with the commit ID) if their base name ends with a commit ID.

Also, I believe it is way more common for software projects to including the version in the name of the distribution package/artifact.

Is there a reason why the file naming scheme was changed?

Thanks.

[huyz]

Same here. I use scripts to do automatic upgrades.

[huyz]

Please bring back nice versioning…

[bgh-github]

I've also found this to create some challenges in deterministically tracking/referencing newer release assets.

Perhaps what seems most off, is the Version string under the About area now displaying only the commit hash in place of the release version number.