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+#!/bin/bash
+
+REPO="Shieldine/git-profile"
+INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/bin"
+
+OS=$(uname -s)
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+
+case "$OS" in
+    "Darwin")
+        case "$ARCH" in
+            "x86_64")
+                BINARY_SUFFIX="Darwin_x86_64"
+                ;;
+            "arm64")
+                BINARY_SUFFIX="Darwin_arm64"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH on macOS"
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    "Linux")
+        case "$ARCH" in
+            "x86_64")
+                BINARY_SUFFIX="Linux_x86_64"
+                ;;
+            "arm64" | "aarch64")
+                BINARY_SUFFIX="Linux_arm64"
+                ;;
+            "i386")
+                BINARY_SUFFIX="Linux_i386"
+                ;;
+            *)
+                echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH on Linux"
+                exit 1
+                ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported OS: $OS"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+
+# Fetch the latest release tag from GitHub
+LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases/latest" | awk -F '"tag_name": "' '{if ($2) print $2}' | awk -F'"' '{print $1}')
+
+if [ -z "$LATEST_RELEASE" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to fetch the latest release"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Construct the archive name and URL
+ARCHIVE="git-profile_$BINARY_SUFFIX.tar.gz"
+URL="https://github.com/$REPO/releases/download/$LATEST_RELEASE/$ARCHIVE"
+
+# Download the archive
+echo "Downloading $ARCHIVE from $URL..."
+curl -L -o /tmp/"$ARCHIVE" "$URL"
+
+# Extract the archive
+echo "Extracting $ARCHIVE..."
+mkdir -p /tmp/git-profile
+tar -xzf /tmp/"$ARCHIVE" -C /tmp/git-profile
+
+# move to install dir
+mv /tmp/git-profile/git-profile "$INSTALL_DIR"/git-profile
+echo "Executable moved to $INSTALL_DIR"
+
+# clean up tmp files
+rm /tmp/"$ARCHIVE"
+rm -rf /tmp/git-profile/
+
+# make git-profile executable
+chmod +x "$INSTALL_DIR"/git-profile
+
+# Add install dir to PATH if not already there
+[[ ":$PATH:" != *":$INSTALL_DIR:"* ]] && PATH="$INSTALL_DIR:${PATH}"
+
+# Check if the Fish shell is in use and add to Fish's user paths
+if [ "$FISH_VERSION" = "" ]; then
+  echo "Fish shell detected. Adding to fish path..."
+  fish -c "fish_add_path $INSTALL_DIR"
+fi
+
+# Verify installation
+if command -v git-profile &> /dev/null; then
+    echo "Installation successful!"
+else
+    echo "Installation failed."
+fi