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