Use HTTPS over git:// when cloning starters

davidjb · web-flow · commit 00156e85b6f9 · 2018-02-02T06:43:37.000Z
`git://` (which is what `hostInfo.git(...)` gets you) uses unencrypted transport isn't recommended as a way to clone GitHub repositories (https://help.github.com/articles/which-remote-url-should-i-use/). This change uses HTTPS instead.
diff --git a/packages/gatsby-cli/src/init-starter.js b/packages/gatsby-cli/src/init-starter.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const clone = async (hostInfo: any, rootPath: string) => {
     url = hostInfo.ssh({ noCommittish: true })
     // Otherwise default to normal git syntax.
   } else {
-    url = hostInfo.git({ noCommittish: true })
+    url = hostInfo.https({ noCommittish: true })
   }
 
   const branch = hostInfo.committish ? `-b ${hostInfo.committish}` : ``

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ const clone = async (hostInfo: any, rootPath: string) => {`
`82`	`82`	`url = hostInfo.ssh({ noCommittish: true })`
`83`	`83`	`// Otherwise default to normal git syntax.`
`84`	`84`	`} else {`
`85`		`- url = hostInfo.git({ noCommittish: true })`
	`85`	`+ url = hostInfo.https({ noCommittish: true })`
`86`	`86`	`}`
`87`	`87`
`88`	`88`	const branch = hostInfo.committish ? `-b ${hostInfo.committish}` : ``