Pass the branchname in to the renderContent function

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Tucker McKnight | Wed Dec 31 2025

Pass the branchname in to the renderContent function

This will allow you to do something like {{ branch }} inside of
the readme, and it will print out the name of the current branch.

This should be useful for hyperlinks, too.
README.md:45
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[test link to files page](files/readme-md)

branch: {{ branch }}
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js_templates/repo.ts:87
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        ${await renderContentIfAvailable(await getReadMe(repo.name, branch.name), "md")}
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        ${await renderContentIfAvailable(await getReadMe(repo.name, branch.name), branch.name)}
main.ts:143
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  eleventyConfig.addAsyncFilter("renderContentIfAvailable", async (contentString: string, contentType: string) => {
      return await renderer.bind({})(contentString, contentType)
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  eleventyConfig.addAsyncFilter("renderContentIfAvailable", async (contentString: string, branchName: string) => {
      return await renderer.bind({
        data: {
          branch: branchName
        },
      })(contentString, "liquid,md")