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Parameters

GET https://api.github.com/repos///branches/
authorization: bearer undefined
accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json
user-agent: octokit.rest

Example Response

Status: 200

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      "message": "Merge pull request #6 from Spaceghost/patch-1\n\nNew line at end of file.",
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        "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"
      },
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        "reason": "unsigned",
        "signature": null,
        "payload": null
      },
      "comment_count": 0
    },
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      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "id": 583231,
      "login": "octocat",
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
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      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
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      "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
    },
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      },
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