# not an official release or release candidate, so get the commit sha
  SHORT_SHA=$(echo "${GATEWAY_VERSION}" | awk -F '-' '{ print $NF }')
  GATEWAY_VERSION=$(curl -s -L -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" "https://api.github.com/repos/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api/commits/${SHORT_SHA}" | jq -r .sha)
fi
if [ -z "${GATEWAY_VERSION}" ]; then