mise ls-remote has an inconsistent behavior

[xaf]

Hello 👋

When using ls-remote with a tool name, e.g. terraform, I will get a number of versions listed by mise:

$ mise ls-remote terraform

0.6.0 0.6.1 0.6.2 0.6.3 0.6.4 0.6.5 0.6.6 0.6.7 0.6.8 0.6.9 0.6.10 0.6.11 0.6.12 0.6.13 0.6.14 0.6.15 0.6.16 0.7.0 0.7.1 0.7.2 0.7.3 0.7.4 0.7.5 0.7.6 0.7.7 0.7.8 0.7.9 0.7.11 0.7.12 0.7.13 0.8.0 0.8.1 0.8.2 0.8.3 0.8.4 0.8.5 0.8.6 0.8.7 0.8.8 0.9.0 0.9.1 0.9.2 0.9.3 0.9.4 0.9.5 0.9.6 0.9.7 0.9.8 0.9.9 0.9.10 0.9.11 0.10.0 0.10.1 0.10.2 0.10.3 0.10.4 0.10.5 0.10.6 0.10.7 0.10.8 0.11.0 0.11.1 0.11.2 0.11.3 0.11.4 0.11.5 0.11.6 0.11.7 0.11.8 0.11.9 0.11.10 0.11.11 0.11.12 0.11.13 0.11.14 0.11.15 0.12.0 0.12.1 0.12.2 0.12.3 0.12.4 0.12.5 0.12.6 0.12.7 0.12.8 0.12.9 0.12.10 0.12.11 0.12.12 0.12.13 0.12.14 0.12.15 0.12.16 0.12.17 0.12.18 0.12.19 0.12.20 0.12.21 0.12.22 0.12.23 0.12.24 0.12.25 0.12.26 0.12.27 0.12.28 0.12.29 0.12.30 0.12.31 0.13.0 0.13.1 0.13.2 0.13.3 0.13.4 0.13.5 0.13.6 0.13.7 0.14.0 0.14.1 0.14.2 0.14.3 0.14.4 0.14.5 0.14.6 0.14.7 0.14.8 0.14.9 0.14.10 0.14.11 0.15.0 0.15.1 0.15.2 0.15.3 0.15.4 0.15.5 1.0.0 1.0.1 1.0.2 1.0.3 1.0.4 1.0.5 1.0.6 1.0.7 1.0.8 1.0.9 1.0.10 1.0.11 1.1.0 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 1.2.5 1.2.6 1.2.7 1.2.8 1.2.9 1.3.0 1.3.1 1.3.2 1.3.3 1.3.4 1.3.5 1.3.6 1.3.7 1.3.8 1.3.9 1.3.10 1.4.0 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 1.4.5 1.4.6 1.4.7 1.5.0 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3 1.5.4 1.5.5 1.5.6 1.5.7 1.6.0 1.6.1 1.6.2 1.6.3 1.6.4 1.6.5 1.6.6 1.7.0 1.7.1 1.7.2 1.7.3 1.7.4 1.7.5 1.8.0 1.8.1 1.8.2 1.8.3 1.8.4 1.8.5 1.9.0 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.9.3 1.9.4 1.9.5 1.9.6 1.9.7 1.9.8 1.10.0 1.10.0-alpha20240717 1.10.0-alpha20240730 1.10.0-alpha20240807 1.10.0-alpha20240814 1.10.0-alpha20240828 1.10.0-alpha20240911 1.10.0-alpha20240918 1.10.0-alpha20240926 1.10.0-alpha20241009 1.10.0-alpha20241023 1.10.0-beta1 1.10.0-rc1 1.10.0-rc2 1.10.0-rc3 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.10.3 1.11.0-alpha20241106 1.11.0-alpha20241211 1.11.0-alpha20241218

But when using a specific backend, which supposedly is the same being used when calling terraform directly:

$ mise ls-remote aqua:hashicorp/terraform

1.9.0 1.9.1 1.9.2 1.10.0-alpha20240717 1.9.3 1.10.0-alpha20240730 1.9.4 1.10.0-alpha20240807 1.10.0-alpha20240814 1.9.5 1.10.0-alpha20240828 1.10.0-alpha20240911 1.9.6 1.10.0-alpha20240918 1.10.0-alpha20240926 1.9.7 1.10.0-alpha20241009 1.9.8 1.10.0-alpha20241023 1.10.0-beta1 1.11.0-alpha20241106 1.10.0-rc1 1.10.0-rc2 1.10.0-rc3 1.10.0 1.10.1 1.10.2 1.11.0-alpha20241211 1.10.3 1.11.0-alpha20241218

We can see that:

• I do not have the full list of versions as above
• The versions returned in the second case are not sorted

It is also a bit complicated to list versions of a given tool when looking at specific backends, such as the asdf backend for terraform for instance, since it's a generic URL for multiple hashicorp tools: (and thus returns no version at all)

$ mise ls-remote asdf:asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp</tt>
mise plugin:asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp ✓ https://github.com/asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp.git#22eb1c4                                mise WARN  No versions found for asdf:asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp

So:

• How do I accurately list the versions available for a given plugin, with a given backend?
• How do I list versions for an asdf plugin when it has multiple tools in the same URL?

[xaf]

I also realized it seems impossible to use mise plugins add <random_name> [email protected]:asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp.git and make it work with terraform; it would return for instance:

mise WARN  No versions found for terraform-test

Would it be possible to tell mise what plugin to install from the URL, even if using a different plugin name in mise? At this time it does not seem possible to install terraform both with and without asdf for instance.

[jdx]

mise only uses mise-versions.jdx.dev which is where the different versions are coming from if the tool name matches. Here is the extra logic that gets applied:

https://github.com/jdx/mise-versions/blob/64d193b12faf377ebdcf081fb9a50dd93874838c/scripts/update.sh#L49-L55

the real issue is upstream, hashicorp's server gives us a lot of junk: asdf-community/asdf-hashicorp#79

You may have some look with tool aliases here but I'm not sure how they would behave exactly.

[xaf]

Oh! I didn't realize this was using a parallel way of resolving versions. That makes sense... In cases where versions are listed from aqua, this is where they seem all messed up in order, is that also related to Hashicorp's way of listing things? The sad part is that it creates some discrepancies in using mise with the "full name" including the backend, vs using the name of the tool itself. I guess I can work around that by listing the versions using the real tool name, but installing using the plugin name in most cases.

For my second point (not being able to use a different name for a given plugin when using Hashicorp's asdf stuff for instance), would there be a way for mise to add a plugin with the mise plugin name, the "tool name", and the url, thus allowing to add the plugin with a custom name while using the "tool name" to handle things properly with the asdf backend? This seems a bit limiting to have to use "terraform" as a name for the plugin.

To explain where I'm coming from, I'm trying to be able to use multiple sources to load the same tool and would need them to work in parallel.

[jdx]

I believe aqua is using github releases for terraform but I'm not sure

[xaf]

Oh that would make sense about the ordering! And I guess it might be using only the last page of releases