adding option --edge to install latest edge / preview version (#4605)

* adding option --edge to install latest edge / preview version

* updated arg --edge parsing to match the style of --dryrun

install.sh

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ The remote host must have internet access.
 ${not_curl_usage-}
 Usage:
 
-  $arg0 [--dry-run] [--version X.X.X] [--method detect] \
+  $arg0 [--dry-run] [--version X.X.X] [--edge] [--method detect] \
         [--prefix ~/.local] [--rsh ssh] [user@host]
 
   --dry-run
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ Usage:
   --version X.X.X
       Install a specific version instead of the latest.
 
+  --edge
+      Install the latest edge version instead of the latest stable version.
+
   --method [detect | standalone]
       Choose the installation method. Defaults to detect.
       - detect detects the system package manager and tries to use it.
@@ -71,8 +74,12 @@ EOF
 }
 
 echo_latest_version() {
-  # https://gist.github.com/lukechilds/a83e1d7127b78fef38c2914c4ececc3c#gistcomment-2758860
+  if [ "${EDGE-}" ]; then
-  version="$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/latest)"
+    version="$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/cdr/code-server/releases | awk 'match($0,/.*"html_url": "(.*\/releases\/tag\/.*)".*/)' | head -n 1 | awk -F '"' '{print $4}')"
+  else
+    # https://gist.github.com/lukechilds/a83e1d7127b78fef38c2914c4ececc3c#gistcomment-2758860
+    version="$(curl -fsSLI -o /dev/null -w "%{url_effective}" https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/latest)"
+  fi
   version="${version#https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/tag/}"
   version="${version#v}"
   echo "$version"
@@ -135,6 +142,7 @@ main() {
     OPTIONAL \
     ALL_FLAGS \
     RSH_ARGS \
+    EDGE \
     RSH
 
   ALL_FLAGS=""
@@ -170,6 +178,9 @@ main() {
       --version=*)
         VERSION="$(parse_arg "$@")"
         ;;
+      --edge)
+        EDGE=1
+        ;;
       --rsh)
         RSH="$(parse_arg "$@")"
         shift