curl --location -g --request POST 'http://gitlab.example.com/v3/projects//repository/branches' \
--data-urlencode 'branch_name=' \
--data-urlencode 'ref='{
"name": "string",
"commit": "string",
"merged": "string",
"protected": "string",
"developers_can_push": "string",
"developers_can_merge": "string"
}