Verifying the integrity of a release
You can avoid tampering and accidental changes by ensuring the releases you use have not been modified after publication.
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Prerequisites
Before you can validate the authenticity of a release and its assets on the command line, you need to install the GitHub CLI.
Verifying immutable releases and local artifacts
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On the command line, open the repository containing the release you want to verify.
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To verify a release exists and is immutable, run the following command:
gh release verify RELEASE-TAG -
To verify a local artifact is an exact match for a release asset, run the following command:
gh release verify-asset RELEASE-TAG ARTIFACT-PATHNote
This command cannot be used to verify the source code zip file or tarball for a release, since these assets are only created when a download is requested.
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On GitHub, navigate to the main page of the repository.
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To the right of the list of files, click Releases.
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To the left of the release you want to verify, below the release author, confirm that " Immutable" is present.
