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About the REST API
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Permissions for GitHub Apps
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Branches
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Checks
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Classroom
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Code scanning
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Codes of conduct
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Codespaces
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Organization secrets
Machines
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Collaborators
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Copilot
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Dependency graph
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Software bill of materials (SBOM)
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Deployment branch policies
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Git database
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Emails
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GPG keys
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REST API
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About the REST API
About the REST API
Learn more about the GitHub REST API and what you can do with it.
About the REST API
Comparing GitHub's REST API and GraphQL API
API Versions
Breaking changes
About the OpenAPI description for the REST API