git-default-branch

#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'open-uri'
require 'json'

base_link = `git remote -v | head -1`

AUTH_TOKEN = `cat ~/.config/hub | grep oauth | awk '{print $2}'`.chomp

def strip_url(link)
  link.scan(/git@github.com:(.*)\.git/).flatten.first
end

def convert_to_https(link)
  "https://api.github.com/repos/#{link}"
end

link = convert_to_https(strip_url(base_link))
response = `curl --silent -u #{AUTH_TOKEN}:x-oauth-basic #{link} `.chomp
json = JSON.parse(response)

puts json['default_branch']
#"https://api.github.com/repos/primedia/ag"
# "/repos/:owner/:repo"