GH_Branch

A named reference in a repository representing a line of development

General Information

Represents a Git branch within a repository. Branch nodes capture basic branch information and whether the branch is protected. Protection rule details are stored in separate GH_BranchProtectionRule nodes, linked via GH_ProtectedBy edges.

Properties

Property	Type	Description
name	string	The node name used for matching and display.
displayname	string	The human-readable display name.
environmentid	string	The identifier of the GitHub environment where this node was collected.
last_seen	datetime	The timestamp when this node was last observed during collection.
node_id	string	The stable identifier used as the OpenGraph node ID; this is the native GitHub node ID where available.
collected	boolean	Collected/generated by OpenHound.
short_name	string	The branch reference name (e.g., main).
commit_hash	string	The commit hash property.
protected	boolean	Whether the branch has a protection rule.
repository_name	string	The repository name property.
repository_id	string	The repository id property.
environment_name	string	The name of the environment (GitHub organization).
query_branch_write	string	Query for branch write.

Diagram

Edges

The tables below list edges defined by the GitHub extension only. Additional edges to or from this node may be created by other extensions.

Inbound Edges

Edge Type	Source Node Types	Traversable
GH_CanEditProtection	GH_RepoRole	✅
GH_CanPwnRequest	GH_RepoRole	✅
GH_CanWriteBranch	GH_RepoRole, GH_Team, GH_User	✅
GH_Contains	GH_Repository	❌
GH_ProtectedBy	GH_BranchProtectionRule	❌

Outbound Edges

Edge Type	Destination Node Types	Traversable
GH_CanDeployToEnvironment	GH_Environment	✅
GH_CanUseRunner	GH_OrgRunnerGroup	✅
GH_MatchesEnvironmentPolicy	GH_EnvironmentBranchPolicy	❌

Properties

Property	Type	Description
name	str	-
displayname	str	-
environmentid	str	-
last_seen	datetime	-
node_id	str	-
collected	bool	Collected/generated by OpenHound
short_name	str | None	The branch reference name (e.g., main).
commit_hash	str | None	The commit hash property.
protected	bool	Whether the branch has a protection rule.
repository_name	str | None	The repository name property.
repository_id	str | None	The repository id property.
environment_name	str | None	The name of the environment (GitHub organization).
query_branch_write	str | None	Query for branch write.