Protected Branches API Preview Period

We're starting a preview period for the protected branches API. Protecting a branch prevents force-pushes to it as well as deleting it. You can also specify required status checks that are required to merge code into the branch.

To protect a branch, make a PATCH request to the URL of the branch:

curl "https://api.github.com/repos/github/hubot/branches/master" \
  -XPATCH \
  -H 'Authorization: token TOKEN' \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.loki-preview" \
  -d '{
    "protection": {
      "enabled": true,
      "required_status_checks": {
        "enforcement_level": "everyone",
        "contexts": [
          "required-status"
        ]
      }
    }
  }'

How can I try it?

To access this functionality during the preview period, you’ll need to provide the following custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.loki-preview+json

Take a look at the docs here.

If you have any questions, please get in touch.