nodules-git.diff

diff --git a/lib/nodules.js b/lib/nodules.js
index f95fadb..2853901 100644
--- a/lib/nodules.js
+++ b/lib/nodules.js
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ exports.protocols = {
 		var exclamationIndex = uri.indexOf("!");
 		var target = uri.substring(exclamationIndex + 2);
 		var targetContents;
+		var origUri = uri;
 		uri = uri.substring(0, exclamationIndex);
 		return when(fs.stat(cachePath(uri)), function(stat){
 			if(!stat.mtime){
@@ -688,6 +689,25 @@ exports.protocols = {
 			return null;
 		}, onError);
 		function onError(){
+			if (uri.match(/\/zipball\/master$/)) {
+				// try Git
+				// TODO: a cmdline option?
+				var gitUri = uri.split('/').slice(1,5).join('/') + '.git';
+				var path = cachePath(uri);
+				ensurePath(path);
+				//console.log('TRYGIT', origUri, gitUri, path);
+				var exec = require('child_process').exec;
+				var deferred = promiseModule.defer();
+				var child = exec('git1 clone https:/' + gitUri + ' ' + path, function(err, stdout, stderr){
+					console.log('GITRES', err);
+					if (err) {
+						// TODO: fallback to following return when(...)
+					}
+					var fileName = origUri.replace(/.*!/, path);
+					deferred.resolve(readModuleFile(fileName, 'jar:' + uri));
+				});
+				return deferred.promise;
+			}
 			return when(getUri(uri), function(source){
 				if(source === null){
 					throw new Error("Archive not found " + uri); 

L26 -- s/git1/git -- express failure used for test