POST

Try POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/rename — GitHub API

GitHub playground

Rename a branch

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. branch · required · string The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use [the GraphQL API](https://docs.github.com/graphql).

Body application/json

1 body fields

new_name · required · string — The new name of the branch.