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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Git repository
+REPO="https://git.netfilter.org/libmnl"
+
+# 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 prefix
+VERSION=${TAG_NAME//libmnl-/}
+
+echo "$VERSION"