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Create a branch on Github without access to a local git repo using http://hurl.it/
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On http://hurl.it/ using HTTP basic AUTH and the inputs below you can
create a branch on github without having access to a local git repo.
(With "<SHA-TO-BRANCH-FROM>" being one of the latest commit in the repo,
as shown by https://api.github.com/repos/<AUTHOR>/<REPO>/git/refs/heads).
===
URL : https://api.github.com/repos/<AUTHOR>/<REPO>/git/refs
POST BODY :
{
"ref": "refs/heads/test",
"sha": "<SHA-TO-BRANCH-FROM>"
}
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