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+---
+layout: "github"
+page_title: "GitHub: github_release"
+description: |-
+  Get information on a GitHub release.
+---
+
+# github\_user
+
+Use this data source to retrieve information about a GitHub release in a specified repository.
+
+## Example Usage
+To retrieve the latest release that is present in a repository:
+```hcl
+data "github_release" "example" {
+    repository  = "example-repository"
+    owner       = "example-owner"
+    retrieve_by = "latest"
+}
+```
+To retrieve a specific release from a repository based on it's ID:
+```hcl
+data "github_release" "example" {
+    repository  = "example-repository"
+    owner       = "example-owner"
+    retrieve_by = "id"
+    id          = 12345
+}
+```
+Finally, to retrieve a release based on it's tag: 
+```hcl
+data "github_release" "example" {
+    repository  = "example-repository"
+    owner       = "example-owner"
+    retrieve_by = "tag"
+    release_tag = "v1.0.0"
+}
+```
+
+## Argument Reference
+
+ *  `repository`  -  (Required) Name of the repository to retrieve the release from.
+ 
+ *  `owner`  -  (Required) Owner of the repository.
+ 
+ *  `retrieve_by`  -  (Required) Describes how to fetch the release. Valid values are `id`, `tag`, `latest`.
+ 
+ *  `release_id`  -  (Optional) ID of the release to retrieve. Must be specified when `retrieve_by` = `id`.
+ 
+ *  `release_tag`  -  (Optional) Tag of the release to retrieve. Must be specified when `retrieve_by` = `tag`.
+ 
+
+## Attributes Reference
+
+ * `release_tag` - Tag of release
+ * `release_id` - ID of release
+ * `target_commitish` - Commitish value that determines where the Git release is created from
+ * `name` - Name of release
+ * `body` - Contents of the description (body) of a release
+ * `draft` - (`Boolean`) indicates whether the release is a draft
+ * `prerelease` - (`Boolean`) indicates whether the release is a prerelease
+ * `created_at` - Date of release creation
+ * `published_at` - Date of release publishing
+ * `url` - Base URL of the release
+ * `html_url` - URL directing to detailed information on the release
+ * `asserts_url` - URL of any associated assets with the release
+ * `upload_url` - URL that can be used to upload Assets to the release
+ * `zipball_url` - Download URL of a specific release in `zip` format
+ * `tarball_url` - Download URL of a specific release in `tar.gz` format