From 909e0154fe9aea8c33d20779e1b083404447501b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prezmop <prezmop@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:01:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] default to samples if repo not found

---
 packages/superdough/sampler.mjs | 17 ++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/superdough/sampler.mjs b/packages/superdough/sampler.mjs
index b195ba79..02271a68 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/sampler.mjs
+++ b/packages/superdough/sampler.mjs
@@ -120,13 +120,20 @@ function githubPath(base, subpath = '') {
   if (!base.startsWith('github:')) {
     throw new Error('expected "github:" at the start of pseudoUrl');
   }
-  let [_, path] = base.split('github:');
+  let path = base.slice('github:'.length);
   path = path.endsWith('/') ? path.slice(0, -1) : path;
-  if (path.split('/').length === 2) {
-    // assume main as default branch if none set
-    path += '/main';
+
+  let components = path.split('/');
+  let user = components[0];
+  let repo = components.length >= 2 ? components[1] : 'samples';
+  let branch = components.length >= 3 ? components[2] : 'main';
+  let other = components.slice(3);
+  if (subpath) {
+    other.push(subpath);
   }
-  return `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${path}/${subpath}`;
+  other = other.join('/');
+
+  return `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${user}/${repo}/${branch}/${other}`;
 }
 
 export const processSampleMap = (sampleMap, fn, baseUrl = sampleMap._base || '') => {

From 83c7e63432fec16ea59968863b6ad3f80ad20063 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prezmop <prezmop@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:05:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update docs

---
 packages/superdough/README.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/packages/superdough/README.md b/packages/superdough/README.md
index 0c6e4f14..f5947d83 100644
--- a/packages/superdough/README.md
+++ b/packages/superdough/README.md
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ samples('github:tidalcycles/dirt-samples')
 
 The format is `github:<user>/<repo>/<branch>`.
 
+If `<repo>` and `<branch>` are not specified, they will default to `samples` and `main` respectively.
 It expects a `strudel.json` file to be present at the root of the given repository, which declares the sample paths in the repo.
 
 The format is also expected to be the same as explained above.