# Create branch

Endpoint: POST /code/api/v1/repos/{repo_identifier}/branches
Version: 1.0
Security: x-api-key

## Query parameters:

  - `accountIdentifier` (string, required)
    Account Identifier for the Entity.

  - `orgIdentifier` (string)
    Organization Identifier for the Entity.

  - `projectIdentifier` (string)
    Project Identifier for the Entity.

## Path parameters:

  - `repo_identifier` (string, required)

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `bypass_rules` (boolean)

  - `dry_run_rules` (boolean)

  - `name` (string)

  - `target` (string)

## Response 201 fields (application/json):

  - `commit` (object)

  - `commit.author` (object)

  - `commit.author.identity` (object)

  - `commit.author.identity.email` (string)

  - `commit.author.identity.name` (string)

  - `commit.author.when` (string)

  - `commit.committer` (object)

  - `commit.message` (string)

  - `commit.parent_shas` (array)

  - `commit.sha` (string)
    Git object hash

  - `commit.signature` (object,null)

  - `commit.signature.created` (integer)

  - `commit.signature.key_fingerprint` (string)

  - `commit.signature.key_id` (string)

  - `commit.signature.key_scheme` (string)
    Enum: "pgp", "ssh"

  - `commit.signature.result` (string)
    Enum: "bad", "good", "invalid", "key_expired", "revoked", "unsupported", "unverified"

  - `commit.signature.updated` (integer)

  - `commit.stats` (object)

  - `commit.stats.files` (array)

  - `commit.stats.files.changes` (integer)

  - `commit.stats.files.deletions` (integer)

  - `commit.stats.files.insertions` (integer)

  - `commit.stats.files.old_path` (string)

  - `commit.stats.files.path` (string)

  - `commit.stats.files.status` (string)

  - `commit.stats.total` (object)

  - `commit.stats.total.changes` (integer)

  - `commit.stats.total.deletions` (integer)

  - `commit.stats.total.insertions` (integer)

  - `commit.title` (string)

  - `dry_run_rules` (boolean)

  - `name` (string)

  - `rule_violations` (array)

  - `rule_violations.bypassable` (boolean)

  - `rule_violations.bypassed` (boolean)

  - `rule_violations.rule` (object)

  - `rule_violations.rule.identifier` (string)

  - `rule_violations.rule.repo_path` (string)

  - `rule_violations.rule.space_path` (string)

  - `rule_violations.rule.state` (string,null)
    Enum: "active", "disabled", "monitor"

  - `rule_violations.rule.type` (string)
    Enum: "branch", "push", "tag"

  - `rule_violations.violations` (array,null)

  - `rule_violations.violations.code` (string)

  - `rule_violations.violations.message` (string)

  - `rule_violations.violations.params` (array,null)

  - `sha` (string)
    Git object hash

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)

  - `values` (object)

## Response 422 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)

  - `violations` (array,null)