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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).

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URL       : https://api.github.com/repos/<AUTHOR>/<REPO>/git/refs

POST BODY :
{
  "ref": "refs/heads/new-branch-name",
  "sha": "<SHA-TO-BRANCH-FROM>"
}