#!/bin/bash

# Git repository
REPO="git://git.sv.gnu.org/coreutils"

# Get tag name using 'git ls-remote'
TAG_NAME=$(git ls-remote --exit-code --refs --tags --sort='v:refname' "$REPO" | tail -1 | cut -d'/' -f3)

# Trim 'v' character in VERSION variable
VERSION=$(echo "$TAG_NAME" | tr -d 'v')

echo "$VERSION"