Error when using main as master-branch

[ThomasTJdev]

Currently the branch master is hardcoded, but with recent changes to Github we now see people using the name main instead. This is a problem for my library ThomasTJdev/nimlibxlsxwriter#1.

The hardcoded master is located here.

nimgen/src/nimgen/external.nim

Lines 82 to 90 in 7662523

	proc gitPull() =
	if gGitCheckout.len() != 0:
	echo "Checking out " & gGitCheckout
	discard execProc("git pull --tags origin master")
	discard execProc("git checkout " & gGitCheckout)
	gGitCheckout = ""
	else:
	echo "Pulling repository"
	discard execProc("git pull --depth=1 origin master")

[joshgoebel]

Also running into this exact problem and thinking perhaps this should be configurable?

[ThomasTJdev]

Hi @joshgoebel

My PR #50 fixes this and allows for custom branch-naming.

But as stated in the nimgen README it has been deprecated..

Nimgen has been superseded by nimterop. Existing wrappers are slowly being migrated over to nimterop. No new features will be implemented going forward.

[genotrance]

Arguably, nimterop is also dead since I'm no longer maintaining either project. Considering c2nim is still being actively developed, I'm open to PRs and owners for nimgen. Somehow I didn't get a notification for the PR, just merged.