provider git POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs
@utdk/github /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs
Create a reference
Creates a reference for your repository. You are unable to create new references for empty repositories, even if the commit SHA-1 hash used exists. Empty repositories are repositories without branches.
owner path required
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
string
repo path required
The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
string

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git.createRef
POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs
Creates a reference for your repository. You are unable to create new references for empty repositories, even if the commit SHA-1 hash used exists. Empty repositories are repositories without branches.

Parameters

required

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

required

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

Input

required

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.

required

The SHA1 value for this reference.

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Code snippet
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TypeScript

import github from '@utdk/github';

await github.git.createRef()