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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 "" being one of the latest commit in the repo, as shown by https://api.github.com/repos///git/refs/heads).

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POST BODY : { "ref": "refs/heads/test", "sha": "" }