gldefaultbranch.ps1

# Copyright 2021 Jonathan Bowman. All documentation and code contained
# in this file may be freely shared in compliance with the
# Apache License, Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
# and is **provided "AS IS" without warranties or conditions of any kind**.
#
# Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -scope CurrentUser
# iwr -useb https://gist.github.com/bowmanjd/cd284d8da97d7d254da2c71c9761eba8/raw | iex
#
# You may read a brief synopsis at
# https://dev.to/bowmanjd/get-github-default-branch-from-the-command-line-powershell-or-bash-zsh-37m9

function gldefbranch {
  Param ([string]$repo)
  $repo = $repo.replace("/","%2F")
  $branch = (iwr -useb "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/$repo" | ConvertFrom-Json | select -exp default_branch)
  if ($branch) {
    echo $branch
  } else {
    echo "master"
  }
}