Specify branch to force exit code

pkg/cmd/repo/create/create.go

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package create
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -335,6 +337,7 @@ func createFromScratch(opts *CreateOptions) error {
 		InitReadme:         opts.AddReadme,
 	}
 
+	var templateRepoMainBranch string
 	if opts.Template != "" {
 		var templateRepo ghrepo.Interface
 		apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(httpClient)
@@ -358,6 +361,7 @@ func createFromScratch(opts *CreateOptions) error {
 		}
 
 		input.TemplateRepositoryID = repo.ID
+		templateRepoMainBranch = repo.DefaultBranchRef.Name
 	}
 
 	repo, err := repoCreate(httpClient, repoToCreate.RepoHost(), input)
@@ -397,7 +401,7 @@ func createFromScratch(opts *CreateOptions) error {
 			if err := localInit(opts.GitClient, remoteURL, repo.RepoName()); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
-		} else if err := cloneWithRetry(opts, remoteURL); err != nil {
+		} else if err := cloneWithRetry(opts, remoteURL, templateRepoMainBranch); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -563,19 +567,27 @@ func createFromLocal(opts *CreateOptions) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func cloneWithRetry(opts *CreateOptions, remoteURL string) error {
+func cloneWithRetry(opts *CreateOptions, remoteURL, branch string) error {
 	// Allow injecting alternative BackOff in tests.
 	if opts.BackOff == nil {
 		opts.BackOff = backoff.NewConstantBackOff(3 * time.Second)
 	}
 
+	var args []string
+	if branch != "" {
+		args = append(args, "--branch", branch)
+	}
+
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return backoff.Retry(func() error {
-		_, err := opts.GitClient.Clone(ctx, remoteURL, []string{})
+		stderr := &bytes.Buffer{}
+		_, err := opts.GitClient.Clone(ctx, remoteURL, args, git.WithStderr(stderr))
 
 		var execError errWithExitCode
 		if errors.As(err, &execError) && execError.ExitCode() == 128 {
 			return err
+		} else {
+			io.Copy(opts.IO.ErrOut, stderr)
 		}
 
 		return backoff.Permanent(err)

pkg/cmd/repo/create/create_test.go

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v4"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/git"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/config"
 	"github.com/cli/cli/v2/internal/prompter"
@@ -602,13 +603,14 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
 		},
 		{
-			name: "noninteractive create from template",
+			name: "noninteractive create from template with retry",
 			opts: &CreateOptions{
 				Interactive: false,
 				Name:        "REPO",
 				Visibility:  "PRIVATE",
 				Clone:       true,
 				Template:    "mytemplate",
+				BackOff:     &backoff.ZeroBackOff{},
 			},
 			tty: false,
 			httpStubs: func(reg *httpmock.Registry) {
@@ -621,7 +623,10 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 					httpmock.GraphQLQuery(`{
 						"data": {
 							"repository": {
-								"id": "REPOID"
+								"id": "REPOID",
+								"defaultBranchRef": {
+									"name": "main"
+								}
 							}
 						}
 					}`, func(s string, m map[string]interface{}) {
@@ -651,7 +656,9 @@ func Test_createRun(t *testing.T) {
 					}))
 			},
 			execStubs: func(cs *run.CommandStubber) {
-				cs.Register(`git clone https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
+				// fatal: Remote branch main not found in upstream origin
+				cs.Register(`git clone --branch main https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 128, "")
+				cs.Register(`git clone --branch main https://github.com/OWNER/REPO`, 0, "")
 			},
 			wantStdout: "https://github.com/OWNER/REPO\n",
 		},