From 43323dacbfd871dd6008d0d380368cd1c135a814 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shocknet-justin <justin@shock.network>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 13:03:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] git version check

---
 scripts/install_lightning_pub.sh | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/install_lightning_pub.sh b/scripts/install_lightning_pub.sh
index eb75b887..35f34c5e 100755
--- a/scripts/install_lightning_pub.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_lightning_pub.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ install_lightning_pub() {
       log_error "GitHub API rate limit exceeded. Please wait a while before trying again." 1
     fi
 
-    LATEST_COMMIT=$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | grep -o '"sha":"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4 | head -c 40)
+    # Safely parse the JSON by finding the first "html_url" that contains "/commit/" and extracting the hash from it.
+    LATEST_COMMIT=$(echo "$API_RESPONSE" | grep '"html_url":.*commit/' | head -n 1 | sed -n 's|.*commit/\([0-9a-f]\{40\}\).*|\1|p')
     
     # If we still couldn't get the commit, it's a different network or API error.
     if [ -z "$LATEST_COMMIT" ]; then