Owner
RequiredTextUser or organisation.
This input offers a picker for repository from your connected account. You can also supply its value directly.
Example value (replace with your own):
octocat
In this guide
List Branches
Every branch in a repository.
What this action does #
First, connect GitHub in Services. Then open Actions → + → GitHub and choose List Branches.
More about this action
Alphabetical, protected or not. Protected Only narrows it to the branches a protection rule covers — the ones Delete a Branch will refuse.
Inputs to fill in #
Open an input to choose its value. Keep a fixed value with Text, receive it from Shortcuts, ask when the action runs, or use an Earlier Step. Read how input sources work.
Repository
RequiredTextName only, without the owner and without .git.
This input offers a picker for repository from your connected account. You can also supply its value directly.
Example value (replace with your own):
Hello-World
Protected Only
OptionalOn or offTrue for only protected branches, false for only unprotected ones.
Page Size
OptionalWhole number1–100. GitHub silently clamps anything larger.
Example value (replace with your own):
100
Page
OptionalWhole numberStarts at 1. Bind this to a Shortcuts slot if you want to page from a Repeat loop rather than fetching several pages in one go.
Example value (replace with your own):
1
What comes back #
In the action editor, open Output → Returned Value to choose fields for your shortcut. These are the response fields described by the app; a service may omit an optional field or return an empty list. JSON File contains the full response.
| Returned field | Type | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
name | string | The branch name. |
protected | boolean | True or false. |
commit | object | A group of named values. |
commit.sha | string | The latest commit on the branch. |
Run it from Shortcuts #
- Give the action a recognizable name and tap Save.
- In Apple Shortcuts, add Shortcutify’s Execute Action and select the saved action.
- Supply any Param or File slots you bound in the inputs, then run the shortcut.
If the result is unexpected, open Logs in Shortcutify, select the run, and inspect this step’s inputs and response.
This action supports multiple pages of results. Open its Fetch setting to retrieve more pages when one page is not enough. Each page adds a service request.
Advanced reference #
Request, permissions, and identifiers
Request: GET https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches
Action identifier: github.branches.list.v1
Permissions declared for this action: contents:read. The account’s own access rules also apply.
| Input | Request key | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Owner | owner | path |
| Repository | repo | path |
| Protected Only | protected | query |
| Page Size | per_page | query |
| Page | page | query |