POST

Try POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs — GitHub API

GitHub playground

Create a reference

Credentials

GitHub token · sent as Authorization

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Headers

Accept · fixedX-GitHub-Api-Version · fixed

Path

owner · required · string The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. repo · required · string The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Body application/json

2 body fields

ref · required · string — The name of the fully qualified reference (ie: `refs/heads/master`). If it doesn't start with 'refs' and have at least two slashes, it will be rejected.
sha · required · string — The SHA1 value for this reference.