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@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ Examples
 .. toctree::
   examples/MainClass
   examples/Repository
+  examples/Branch
   examples/Commit
   examples/PullRequest
   examples/Issue
   examples/Milestone
-  examples/Webhook
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+  examples/Webhook
diff --git a/doc/examples/Branch.rst b/doc/examples/Branch.rst
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+Branch
+==========
+
+Get list of branches
+--------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> repo = g.get_repo("PyGithub/PyGithub")
+    >>> list(repo.get_branches())
+    [Branch(name="master")]
+
+Note that the Branch object returned by get_branches() is not fully populated,
+and you can not query everything. Use get_branch(branch="master") once you
+have the branch name.
+
+Get a branch
+------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> repo = g.get_repo("PyGithub/PyGithub")
+    >>> repo.get_branch(branch="master")
+    Branch(name="master")
+
+Get HEAD commit of a branch
+---------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> branch = g.get_repo("PyGithub/PyGithub").get_branch("master")
+    >>> branch.commit
+    Commit(sha="5e69ff00a3be0a76b13356c6ff42af79ff469ef3")
+
+Get protection status of a branch
+---------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> branch = g.get_repo("PyGithub/PyGithub").get_branch("master")
+    >>> branch.protection
+    True
+
+See required status checks of a branch
+--------------------------------------
+
+.. code-block:: python
+
+    >>> branch = g.get_repo("PyGithub/PyGithub").get_branch("master")
+    >>> branch.get_required_status_checks()
+    RequiredStatusChecks(url="https://api.github.com/repos/PyGithub/PyGithub/branches/master/protection/required_status_checks", strict=True)