tweaking github provider.

laravel/cli/tasks/bundle/providers/github.php

 <?php namespace Laravel\CLI\Tasks\Bundle\Providers;
 
-class Github implements Provider {
+class Github extends Provider {
 
 	/**
 	 * Install the given bundle into the application.
@@ -10,25 +10,43 @@ class Github implements Provider {
 	 */
 	public function install($bundle)
 	{
-		$repository = "git@github.com:{$bundle['location']}.git";
+		$method = (Request::server('cli.zip')) ? 'zipball' : 'submodule';
 
-		$path = array_get($bundle, 'path', $bundle['name']);
+		$this->$method($bundle);
+	}
 
-		// If the installation target directory doesn't exist, we will create
-		// it recursively so that we can properly add the Git submodule for
-		// the bundle when we install.
-		if ( ! is_dir($target = dirname(path('bundle').$path)))
+	/**
+	 * Install a Github hosted bundle from Zip.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $bundle
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function zipball($bundle)
 	{
-			mkdir($target, 0777, true);
+		$zip = "https://github.com/{$bundle['location']}/zipball/master";
+
+		parent::zipball($zip, true);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Install a Github hosted bundle using submodules.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $bundle
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function submodule($bundle)
+	{
+		$repository = "git@github.com:{$bundle['location']}.git";
+
+		$this->directory($bundle);
+
 		// We need to just extract the basename of the bundle path when
 		// adding the submodule. Of course, we can't add a submodule to
 		// a location outside of the Git repository, so we don't need
 		// the full bundle path.
 		$root = basename(path('bundle')).'/';
 
-		passthru('git submodule add '.$repository.' '.$root.$path);
+		passthru('git submodule add '.$repository.' '.$root.$this->path($bundle));
 
 		passthru('git submodule update');
 	}

laravel/cli/tasks/bundle/providers/provider.php

 <?php namespace Laravel\CLI\Tasks\Bundle\Providers;
 
-interface Provider {
+abstract class Provider {
 
 	/**
 	 * Install the given bundle into the application.
@@ -8,6 +8,36 @@ interface Provider {
 	 * @param  string  $bundle
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function install($bundle);
+	abstract public function install($bundle);
+
+	/**
+	 * Create the path to the bundle's dirname.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $bundle
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function directory($bundle)
+	{
+		// If the installation target directory doesn't exist, we will create
+		// it recursively so that we can properly install the bundle to the
+		// correct path in the application.
+		$target = dirname(path('bundle').$this->path($bundle));
+
+		if ( ! is_dir($target))
+		{
+			mkdir($target, 0777, true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the path for a given bundle.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array   $bundle
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function path($bundle)
+	{
+		return array_get($bundle, 'path', $bundle['name']);
+	}
 
 }
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