feat: add git fallback

Author: omeraplak

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "superplate-cli",
-    "version": "1.11.2",
+    "version": "1.11.3",
     "description": "The frontend boilerplate with superpowers",
     "license": "MIT",
     "repository": {

package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import { promisify } from "util";
-import { exec } from "child_process";
 import { mkdirSync } from "temp";
 
 import ghdownload from "github-download";
@@ -22,12 +20,15 @@ export const DownloadHelper = {
                         ref: branch,
                     },
                     tempInfo,
-                ).on("end", function () {
-                    exec("tree", function (err, stdout, sderr) {
+                )
+                    .on("end", () => {
                         resolve({ path: tempInfo });
+                    })
+                    .on("error", (err: unknown) => {
+                        reject(err);
                     });
-                });
             });
+
             return tempInfo;
         } catch (e) {
             throw new Error(e instanceof Error ? e.message : (e as string));

src/Helper/download/index.ts

@@ -51,11 +51,13 @@ export const get_source: GetSourceFn = async (source, branch, downloadType) => {
                 return { path: cloneResponse };
             }
             sourceSpinner.fail("Could not retrieve source repository.");
+
             return { error: "Could not retrieve source repository." };
         } catch (e) {
-            `${e}`;
             sourceSpinner.fail("Could not retrieve source repository.");
-            return { error: "Could not retrieve source repository." };
+
+            sourceSpinner.text = "Try to use git instead of zip...";
+            return get_source(source, branch, "git");
         }
     } else {
         /**