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

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.

RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

3 parameters

ownerstringrequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringrequired

The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

commit_shastringrequired

The SHA of the commit.

3 status codes

200Response

namestringrequired

commitobjectrequired

protectedbooleanrequired

409Conflict

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

422Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

messagestringrequired

documentation_urlstringrequired

errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 409 is returned: Conflict. A 422 is returned: Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

import { Client } from "acme-sdk";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://api.acme.com",
  auth: { bearer: process.env.API_TOKEN },
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
    retryOn: [
      408,
      425,
      429,
      500,
      502,
      503,
      504,
    ],
    backoffMs: 500,
    maxBackoffMs: 8000,
  },
  timeoutMs: 30000,
});

const result = await client.branchesWhereHead.list({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  commitSha: "6dcb09b5b5",
});

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

Request

Response

Errors