Create a branch

Creates a new branch in the specified repository.

The payload of the POST should consist of a JSON document that contains the name of the tag and the target hash.

curl https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/seanfarley/hg/refs/branches \
-s -u seanfarley -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "name" : "smf/create-feature",
    "target" : {
        "hash" : "default",
    }
}'

This call requires authentication. Private repositories require the caller to authenticate with an account that has appropriate authorization.

The branch name should not include any prefixes (e.g. refs/heads). This endpoint does support using short hash prefixes for the commit hash, but it may return a 400 response if the provided prefix is ambiguous. Using a full commit hash is the preferred approach.