Get a branch
Parameters
Example Response
Status: 200
{
"name": "master",
"commit": {
"sha": "7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
"node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0N2ZkMWE2MGIwMWY5MWIzMTRmNTk5NTVhNGU0ZDRlODBkOGVkZjExZA==",
"commit": {
"author": {
"name": "The Octocat",
"date": "2012-03-06T15:06:50-08:00",
"email": "octocat@nowhere.com"
},
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
"message": "Merge pull request #6 from Spaceghost/patch-1\n\nNew line at end of file.",
"tree": {
"sha": "b4eecafa9be2f2006ce1b709d6857b07069b4608",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/b4eecafa9be2f2006ce1b709d6857b07069b4608"
},
"committer": {
"name": "The Octocat",
"date": "2012-03-06T15:06:50-08:00",
"email": "octocat@nowhere.com"
},
"verification": {
"verified": false,
"reason": "unsigned",
"signature": null,
"payload": null
},
"comment_count": 0
},
"author": {
"gravatar_id": "",
"avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7ad39074b0584bc555d0417ae3e7d974?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"id": 583231,
"login": "octocat",
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"parents": [
{
"sha": "553c2077f0edc3d5dc5d17262f6aa498e69d6f8e",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/553c2077f0edc3d5dc5d17262f6aa498e69d6f8e"
},
{
"sha": "762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/762941318ee16e59dabbacb1b4049eec22f0d303"
}
],
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/7fd1a60b01f91b314f59955a4e4d4e80d8edf11d",
"committer": {
"gravatar_id": "",
"avatar_url": "https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7ad39074b0584bc555d0417ae3e7d974?d=https://a248.e.akamai.net/assets.github.com%2Fimages%2Fgravatars%2Fgravatar-140.png",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"id": 583231,
"login": "octocat",
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": true
},
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments"
},
"_links": {
"html": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/tree/master",
"self": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master"
},
"protected": true,
"protection": {
"enabled": true,
"required_status_checks": {
"enforcement_level": "non_admins",
"contexts": [
"ci-test",
"linter"
]
}
},
"protection_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/master/protection"
}
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