From ddf36383b4e5d31d49d3f6f41f8a4d41a01902a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2023 20:09:32 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Dont need to fetch the current version since GitHub provides
 a redirecting constant download URL

---
 tools/cmd/update_self/main.go | 16 +++-------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/cmd/update_self/main.go b/tools/cmd/update_self/main.go
index d6f027d77..4d9d4b730 100644
--- a/tools/cmd/update_self/main.go
+++ b/tools/cmd/update_self/main.go
@@ -23,14 +23,6 @@ type Options struct {
 	FetchVersion string
 }
 
-func fetch_latest_version() (string, error) {
-	b, err := utils.DownloadAsSlice("https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/current-version.txt", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to fetch the latest available kitty version: %w", err)
-	}
-	return string(b), nil
-}
-
 func update_self(version string) (err error) {
 	exe := ""
 	exe, err = os.Executable()
@@ -48,19 +40,17 @@ func update_self(version string) (err error) {
 	if version == "nightly" {
 		rv = version
 	}
+	url_base := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/%s", rv)
 	if version == "latest" {
-		rv, err = fetch_latest_version()
-		if err != nil {
-			return
-		}
+		url_base = "https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/latest/download"
 	}
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("%s/kitty-tool-%s-%s", url_base, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	dest, err := os.CreateTemp(filepath.Dir(exe), "kitty-tool.")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	defer func() { os.Remove(dest.Name()) }()
 
-	url := fmt.Sprintf("https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/releases/download/%s/kitty-tool-%s-%s", rv, runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH)
 	if !tty.IsTerminal(os.Stdout.Fd()) {
 		fmt.Println("Downloading:", url)
 		err = utils.DownloadToFile(exe, url, nil, nil)