---
title: "create branch"
method: POST
path: "/repositories/{repository}/branches"
tags: ["branches"]
---

# create branch

`POST /repositories/{repository}/branches`

## Request body

- BranchCreation
  - `name` string, required
  - `source` string, required
  - `force` boolean
  - `hidden` boolean — When set, branch will not show up when listing branches by default. *EXPERIMENTAL*

## Response `201`

reference

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation Error
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `409` — Resource Conflicts With Target
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2024-11-22** `f95515125027` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `hidden`
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 1 warning, 2 info
  - removed the request property `hidden`
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/branches/post.md)

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