Create Branch GitHub Action

This action creates a new branch with the same commit reference as the branch it is being ran on, or your chosen reference when specified.

Inputs

`branch`

Optional The name of the branch to create. Default "release-candidate". If your branch conains forward slashes (/) use the full branch reference. Instead of /long/branch/name use refs/heads/long/branch/name. It's an issue with the GitHub API https://gist.github.com/jasonrudolph/10727108

`sha`

Optional The SHA1 value for the branch reference.

Outputs

`created`

Boolean value representing whether or not a new branch was created.

Example usage

uses: peterjgrainger/action-create-branch@v2.2.0
env:
  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
  branch: 'release-notes'
  sha: '${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}'