default-branch
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Get the default branch of a GitHub repository
npm install default-branch
import defaultBranch from 'default-branch';
console.log(await defaultBranch('knutkirkhorn/emorjis'));
// => main
console.log(await defaultBranch('https://github.com/knutkirkhorn/btc-value-cli'));
// => main
console.log(await defaultBranch('https://enterprise.github.corp/org/repo'));
// => default
Returns the default branch of a repository. The path can be username/repo-name, or a full url to the repository (example: https://github.com/knutkirkhorn/btc-value-cli).
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Get the default branch of a GitHub repository
The npm package default-branch receives a total of 45 weekly downloads. As such, default-branch popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that default-branch demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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