Cudatext: "Addon manager/ install from github" cannot install if main git branch isnot 'master'

[Alexey-T]

eg. https://github.com/halfbrained/cuda_extended_selection

code in addon manager is adding 'master' branch name. to URL.
any idea how to get real branch name? eg 'main'
@halfbrained @kvichans @dinkumoil @jairo-martinez

[JairoMartinezA]

I was doing some testing, but I suppose at the end you will need to fetch the repository to get the list of remote branch, something like this:

cd <TemporalFolder>
git init
git remote add origin [email protected]:halfbrained/cuda_extended_selection.git
git fetch
git remote -r

Currently the Addon Manager validate first the file /master/install.inf but as you say master branch is not present, you need to get first the list of branches and then you can continue the validation of install.inf file.

[dinkumoil]

According to GitHub's repository API it is possible to query the branch list of a repository with the URL https://api.github.com/repos/{user}/{repo}/branches.

For the repo you mentioned above the URL would be: https://api.github.com/repos/halfbrained/cuda_extended_selection/branches