Create Branch

import { Octokit } from 'octokit'

type Github = {

	token: string

}

export async function main(

	resource: Github,

	owner: string,

	repo: string,

	sourceBranchName: string,

	newBranchName: string

) {

	// setup auth

	const octokit = new Octokit({

		auth: resource.token

	})

	// get sha of source branch

	const { data: sourceBranch } = await octokit.rest.repos.getBranch({

		branch: sourceBranchName,

		repo,

		owner

	})

	const sha = sourceBranch.commit.sha

	// create new branch

	const response = await octokit.rest.git.createRef({

		owner,

		repo,

		ref: `refs/heads/${newBranchName}`,

		sha

	})

	return response.data

}