get package.json from default branch

[g2hhh2ee]

Hi,

In this discussion, I want to propose a new approach.
I have tested some GitHub repository links and found that I couldn't access some of the repository links. (Whether the link is a public repository or an Organization repository)

The issues are as follows:

1. For public repository links:

   • Only if the default branch is main, we can get the package.json.
   • It is not possible for the master branch.

2. For repository links belonging to an organization:

   • Only if the default branch is main, we can get the package.json.
   • It is not possible for the master branch.

Regardless of whether the default branch is main or master, we need to access the repository and get the package.json file.

[msdio]

Thanks for openning discussion!

I am noticing that it's matter of default branch's name, and like you said, we need that package.json file's path. But default branch name could be anything, other than main or master. Is there any way we can get default branch from repository?

[g2hhh2ee]

First of all, I was trying to fix it with minimal code modifications, so I wanted to make it work as much as possible without touching the code you guys have already put together! Please know this!

I fixed access to the main, master, and custom branch paths, whether organized or not, but when I tested with other custom branch paths a while back, there were a few custom branch paths that didn't work.

It worked for develop, but not for dev-1. I think it would be inefficient for us to try to find and parse all the rules in the github repository URL.

So I tried something new: look at theHEAD.
The HEAD gives us information about the default branch, regardless of the branch name.

It would be best to get the default branch information and work around it, but if that's not possible, how about this approach?

[msdio]

That would be good approach, but can we get default branch with HEAD?
As far as I know, HEAD points latest commit, not branch.

But putting my comment aside, this is quite good approach, so I think we need @userJu 's opinion with using HEAD.

[g2hhh2ee]

Well, I meant that if you access it with HEAD, it doesn't matter what the name of the default branch is.

[userJu]

I was trying to use the github API,

I thought HEAD pointed to the branch you most recently committed to!

If HEAD always points to the default branch, regardless of the recent commit history, I think your method is BEST!