octokit.rest

List branches for HEAD commit

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Returns all branches where the given commit SHA is the HEAD, or latest commit for the branch.

groot Preview (required)

Listing branches or pull requests for a commit in the Commits API is currently available for developers to preview. See the blog post for more details. To access the new endpoints during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.groot-preview+json

Parameters

string The token will be passed in the authorization header.

string

string

string commit_sha+ parameter

Request

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

Example Response

Status: 200
[
  {
    "name": "branch_5",
    "commit": {
      "sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc"
    },
    "protected": false
  }
]

See documentation on GitHub developer guides