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Ramas
The Branches API allows you to modify branches and their protection settings.
List branches
Parámetros
| Encabezados |
|---|
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Parámetros de ruta |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
ownerstringRequeridoThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequeridoThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| Parámetros de consulta |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
protectedbooleanSetting to |
per_pageintegerThe number of results per page (max 100). Predeterminado: |
pageintegerPage number of the results to fetch. Predeterminado: |
Códigos de estado de respuesta HTTP
| Código de estado | Descripción |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
404 | Resource not found |
Ejemplos de código
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/branchesResponse
Status: 200[
{
"name": "master",
"commit": {
"sha": "c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/c5b97d5ae6c19d5c5df71a34c7fbeeda2479ccbc"
},
"protected": true,
"protection": {
"required_status_checks": {
"enforcement_level": "non_admins",
"contexts": [
"ci-test",
"linter"
]
}
},
"protection_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/hello-world/branches/master/protection"
}
]Get a branch
Parámetros
| Encabezados |
|---|
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Parámetros de ruta |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
ownerstringRequeridoThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequeridoThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
branchstringRequeridoThe name of the branch. |
Códigos de estado de respuesta HTTP
| Código de estado | Descripción |
|---|---|
200 | OK |
301 | Moved permanently |
404 | Resource not found |
Ejemplos de código
curl \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/branches/BRANCHResponse
Status: 200Sync a fork branch with the upstream repository
Sync a branch of a forked repository to keep it up-to-date with the upstream repository.
Parámetros
| Encabezados |
|---|
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Parámetros de ruta |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
ownerstringRequeridoThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequeridoThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| Parámetros de cuerpo |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
branchstringRequeridoThe name of the branch which should be updated to match upstream. |
Códigos de estado de respuesta HTTP
| Código de estado | Descripción |
|---|---|
200 | The branch has been successfully synced with the upstream repository |
409 | The branch could not be synced because of a merge conflict |
422 | The branch could not be synced for some other reason |
Ejemplos de código
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/merge-upstream \
-d '{"branch":"main"}'The branch has been successfully synced with the upstream repository
Status: 200{
"message": "Successfully fetched and fast-forwarded from upstream defunkt:main",
"merge_type": "fast-forward",
"base_branch": "defunkt:main"
}Merge a branch
Parámetros
| Encabezados |
|---|
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
acceptstringSetting to |
| Parámetros de ruta |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
ownerstringRequeridoThe account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
repostringRequeridoThe name of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| Parámetros de cuerpo |
| Nombre, Tipo, Descripción |
basestringRequeridoThe name of the base branch that the head will be merged into. |
headstringRequeridoThe head to merge. This can be a branch name or a commit SHA1. |
commit_messagestringCommit message to use for the merge commit. If omitted, a default message will be used. |
Códigos de estado de respuesta HTTP
| Código de estado | Descripción |
|---|---|
201 | Successful Response (The resulting merge commit) |
204 | Response when already merged |
403 | Forbidden |
404 | Not Found when the base or head does not exist |
409 | Conflict when there is a merge conflict |
422 | Validation failed |
Ejemplos de código
curl \
-X POST \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-H "Authorization: token <TOKEN>" \
https://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/merges \
-d '{"base":"master","head":"cool_feature","commit_message":"Shipped cool_feature!"}'Successful Response (The resulting merge commit)
Status: 201{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"comments_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/comments",
"commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"author": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "mona@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"committer": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "mona@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"message": "Fix all the bugs",
"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
},
"comment_count": 0,
"verification": {
"verified": false,
"reason": "unsigned",
"signature": null,
"payload": null
}
},
"author": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"committer": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
"type": "User",
"site_admin": false
},
"parents": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
],
"stats": {
"additions": 104,
"deletions": 4,
"total": 108
},
"files": [
{
"filename": "file1.txt",
"additions": 10,
"deletions": 2,
"changes": 12,
"status": "modified",
"raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
"blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
"patch": "@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@\n....."
}
]
}