Update Chromium URL to SSH protocol in "npm run init" script to prevent network errors during setup

[KoushikBaagh]

Description

When setting up Brave browser locally for Android development in LINUX , the initialization script (npm run init) fails while fetching the Chromium source code. This is due to the large size of the Chromium repository (approximately 50GB) causing network issues.
Current Behavior:
The package.json file contains a URL for the Chromium repository using HTTPS:
json

"url": "https://github.com/brave/chromium"

This often results in timeout errors or incomplete downloads for users with slower or less stable internet connections.

Steps to reproduce

1. After performing the initial steps:-

2. git clone git@github.com:brave/brave-core.git path-to-your-project-folder/src/brave
   cd path-to-your-project-folder/src/brave
   npm install
   npm run init -- --target_os=android --target_arch=arm

Actual result

Expected result

The result should look like 100% (done/done)

Reproduces how often

Easily reproduced

Brave version

NA

Device

• Brand/model: NA
• Android version: NA

Channel information

• release (stable)
• beta
• nightly

Reproducibility

• with Brave Shields disabled
• with Brave Rewards disabled
• in the latest version of Chrome

Miscellaneous information

Observe that the process fails or times out while attempting to fetch the Chromium source code.

Check the console output for network-related errors or timeout messages.

Note: This issue is more likely to occur on slower or less stable internet connections.

[bsclifton]

Hi @KoushikBaagh - apologies we never properly circled back here

To solve this, I would recommend modifying your local .gitconfig file. You can add the following lines in there at the end

[url "ssh://git@github.com/"]
insteadOf = https://github.com/

Thanks! 😄