List branches for HEAD commit

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GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/branches-where-head

Source: github-v3-rest.json
Revision: f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot: 85e53e3d0d65

Request

Path Parameters

owner string required
repo string required
commit_sha string required: commit_sha parameter

Responses

application/json array[Branch Short object]

Response

items Branch Short object

Branch Short

commit object

required

sha string

required

url string

required

name string

required

protected boolean

required

Response Example: 200 application/json

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

application/json Validation Error object

Validation failed

documentation_url string

required

errors array[object]

optional

items object

code string

required

field string

optional

index integer

optional

message string

optional

resource string

optional

value

optional

message string

required

Request configuration

This OpenAPI document does not declare an authentication scheme. Check the API provider's documentation before sending credentials; Manja cannot infer or validate an undocumented scheme.

Common bearer example: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

hostname

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud hostname

protocol

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud protocol

owner *

repo *

commit_sha *

commit_sha parameter

Request Sample: Shell / cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/branches-where-head