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Commit a File to a New Branch

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Recipe · 3 steps

Commit a File to a New Branch

with GitHub · Software Construction Management

Create a branch from a base ref and commit a file to it.

  1. Read the base branch reference to obtain the commit SHA the new branch will point at.
  2. Create the new branch reference pointing at the base commit SHA returned by the previous step.
  3. Create the file on the new branch in a single commit.
What you'll need to have ready
  • githubToken: A GitHub token with repo scope, passed as a Bearer credential.
  • owner: The account owner of the repository.
  • repo: The name of the repository.
  • baseBranch: The base branch name to branch from (e.g. main), without the heads/ prefix.
  • newBranch: The new branch name to create, without the heads/ prefix.
  • path: The repository path of the file to create.
  • message: The commit message.
  • contentBase64: The new file content, Base64 encoded.
For your developer

Arazzo workflow github:commit-file-to-new-branch, 3 operations: git/get-ref → git/create-ref → repos/create-or-update-file-contents. Specs on APIs.io.

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