classroom

https://github.com/education/classroom

Ruby

GitHub Classroom automates repository creation and access control, making it easy for teachers to distribute starter code and collect assignments on GitHub.

GitHubRepository#branch_present?

Public: Checks if the GitHub repository has a given branch.

branch    - name of the branch to check for

Returns true if branch exists, false otherwise

Source | Google | Stack overflow

Edit

git clone [email protected]:education/classroom.git

cd classroom

open app/models/github_repository.rb

Contribute

# Make a new branch

git checkout -b -your-name--update-docs-GitHubRepository-branch_present--for-pr

# Commit to git

git add app/models/github_repository.rbgit commit -m "better docs for GitHubRepository#branch_present?"

# Open pull request

gem install hub # on a mac you can `brew install hub`

hub fork

git push <your name> -your-name--update-docs-GitHubRepository-branch_present--for-pr

hub pull-request

# Celebrate!