From 82de81015b5cfe6b7f9da37faaab43d72ac619d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Michael Bradley, Jr" <michaelsbradleyjr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2018 12:34:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] allow for / in branch name when handling github shortcuts

---
 lib/utils/template_generator.js | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/utils/template_generator.js b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
index 1693bb491..59d042dbf 100644
--- a/lib/utils/template_generator.js
+++ b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ class TemplateGenerator {
 
   getExternalProject(uri) {
     let url, folder;
-    if (uri.split('/').length === 2) {
-      //e.g embark-framework/embark
+    const regex = /^((git@)?(www\.)?github\.com\/)|(https?:\/\/)/;
+    if (!uri.match(regex) && uri.split('/').length >= 2) {
+      //e.g embark-framework/embark, embark-framework/embark#branch, embark-framework/embark#features/branch
       let repoPartAndBranch = uri.split('#');
       let repoPart = repoPartAndBranch[0];
       let branchName = (repoPartAndBranch.length === 2)? repoPartAndBranch[1] : "master";