Use simple-git instead of nodegit

package.json

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 		"html-minifier": "^3.5.15",
 		"markdown-to-jsx": "^6.6.2",
 		"minimist": "^1.2.0",
-		"nodegit": "^0.22.0",
 		"progress": "^2.0.0",
 		"prop-types": "^15.6.1",
 		"react": "^16.3.2",
@@ -75,6 +74,7 @@
 		"react-interface": "^0.9.8",
 		"react-router-dom": "^4.2.2",
 		"react-syntax-highlighter": "^7.0.4",
+		"simple-git": "^1.92.0",
 		"tmp": "^0.0.33",
 		"webpack": "^4.8.1",
 		"webpack-dev-middleware": "^3.1.3",

src/core/externals.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
-const git = require('nodegit')
+const git = require('simple-git/promise')
 const { log, warn, error } = require('../utils/emit')
 
 // Warnings for missing source information
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ const defaults = {
   root: 'docs/'
 }
 
-function checkoutBranch (repo, source) {
-  return repo
-    .getBranch(`refs/remotes/origin/${source.branch}`)
-    .then(b => repo.checkoutRef(b))
-}
-
 function cloneExternals (dir, sources) {
   // Ensure the tmp directory is cleared out
   fs.emptyDirSync(dir)
@@ -39,9 +33,14 @@ function cloneExternals (dir, sources) {
     // Override defaults with source config
     const source = { ...defaults, ...s }
 
+    // Target directory for the cloned repo
+    const target = `${dir}/${source.name}`
+
     // Clone the source folder to our tmp directory
-    const repo = await git.Clone(source.url, `${dir}/${source.name}`)
-    return checkoutBranch(repo, source)
+    await git().clone(source.url, target)
+
+    // Ensure the proper branch is checked out
+    return git(target).checkout(source.branch)
   })
 
   // Wait for all cloning to finish