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).

• has-license - Check if a repository has a license
• gh-repo-has-license - Check if a GitHub repository has a license