# `gitHubLatestTag` *owner-repo*

`gitHubLatestTag` calls the GitHub API to retrieve the latest tag for the given
*owner-repo*, returning structured data as defined by the [GitHub Go API
bindings](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/go-github/v55/github#RepositoryTag).

Calls to `gitHubLatestTag` are cached the same as
[`githubTags`](/reference/templates/functions/gitHubTags/), so calling
`gitHubLatestTag` with the same *owner-repo* will only result in one call to the
GitHub API.

!!! example

    ```
    {{ (gitHubLatestTag "docker/compose").Name }}
    ```

!!! warning

    The `gitHubLatestTag` returns the first tag returned by the [list
    repository tags GitHub API
    endpoint](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/repos/repos#list-repository-tags).
    Although this seems to be the most recent tag, the GitHub API documentation
    does not specify the order of the returned tags.
