GitHub API - latest branch commit has been pushed into the master?

Question

How can you check if the latest branch commit has been pushed into the master via the Github API?

Answer 1

That would be the GitHub API "Refs"

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/git/refs/:ref

I showed (in 2015) a more complete example here.

But don't forget a simple git ls-remote would also show you the latest commits of the remote repo branches.

Compare that with "How to retrieve the hash for the current commit in Git?"

git rev-parse master

And you can check if that local master HEAD commit has been pushed or not.