diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRefBuilder.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRefBuilder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..232989f9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRefBuilder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class GHRefBuilder {
+
+    private final GHRepository repo;
+    private final Requester builder;
+
+    public GHRefBuilder(GHRepository ghRepository, String ref, String sha) {
+        this.repo = ghRepository;
+        this.builder = new Requester(repo.root);
+        builder.with("ref", "refs/heads/" +ref);
+        builder.with("sha", sha);
+    }
+
+    public void create() throws IOException {
+         builder.method("POST").to(repo.getApiTailUrl("git/refs"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 6a6b93ae73..cfb1442170 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ public List<GHRelease> getReleases() throws IOException {
                 GHRelease[].class), this));
     }
 
+    public List<GHTag> getTags() throws IOException {
+        return Arrays.asList(GHTag.wrap(root.retrieve().to("/repos/" + owner.login + "/" + name + "/tags",
+                GHTag[].class), this));
+    }
+
     protected String getOwnerName() {
         return owner.login;
     }
@@ -498,6 +503,21 @@ protected void wrapUp(GHCommit[] page) {
         };
     }
 
+    private String sha;
+    public PagedIterable<GHCommit> listCommitsSinceSha(String pSha) {
+        sha=pSha;
+        return new PagedIterable<GHCommit>() {
+            public PagedIterator<GHCommit> iterator() {
+                return new PagedIterator<GHCommit>(root.retrieve().asIterator(String.format("/repos/%s/%s/commits?sha=%s", owner.login, name, sha), GHCommit[].class)) {
+                    protected void wrapUp(GHCommit[] page) {
+                        for (GHCommit c : page)
+                            c.wrapUp(GHRepository.this);
+                    }
+                };
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Lists up all the commit comments in this repository.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTag.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTag.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ec0161350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHTag.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+package org.kohsuke.github;
+
+
+public class GHTag {
+    private GHRepository owner;
+    private GitHub root;
+
+    private String name;
+    private GHCommit commit;
+
+    GHTag wrap(GHRepository owner) {
+        this.owner = owner;
+        this.root = owner.root;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    static GHTag[] wrap(GHTag[] tags, GHRepository owner) {
+        for (GHTag tag : tags) {
+            tag.wrap(owner);
+        }
+        return tags;
+    }
+
+
+    public GHRepository getOwner() {
+        return owner;
+    }
+
+    public void setOwner(GHRepository owner) {
+        this.owner = owner;
+    }
+
+    public GitHub getRoot() {
+        return root;
+    }
+
+    public void setRoot(GitHub root) {
+        this.root = root;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public GHCommit getCommit() {
+        return commit;
+    }
+
+    public void setCommit(GHCommit commit) {
+        this.commit = commit;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
index 2847c0f8ec..fe3c163fe1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.UUID;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
 import org.junit.Assume;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -34,7 +37,9 @@
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHOrganization;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHOrganization.Permission;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHPullRequest;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHRefBuilder;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHRepository;
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHTag;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHTeam;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GHUser;
 import org.kohsuke.github.GitHub;
@@ -489,6 +494,38 @@ public void testCheckMembership() throws Exception {
         assertFalse(j.hasPublicMember(b));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateRelease() throws Exception {
+
+       String tagName = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
+        String releaseName = "release-" + tagName;
+       String repo = "fanfansama/github-api-test-1";
+
+
+        gitHub.getRepository(repo)
+                 .createRelease(tagName)
+                 .name(releaseName)
+                 .prerelease(false)
+                 .create();
+
+        for(GHTag tag : gitHub.getRepository(repo).getTags()){
+            if(tagName.equals(tag.getName())){
+                String ash = tag.getCommit().getSHA1();
+                new GHRefBuilder(gitHub.getRepository(repo), releaseName, ash ).create();  // create a release branch
+
+                for (Map.Entry<String, GHBranch> entry : gitHub.getRepository(repo).getBranches().entrySet())
+                {
+                    System.out.println(entry.getKey() + "/" + entry.getValue());
+                    if(releaseName.equals(entry.getValue().getName())){
+                        return;
+                    }
+                }
+                fail("banch not found");
+            }
+        }
+        fail("release creation failed ! tag not found");
+    }
+
     private void kohsuke() {
         Assume.assumeTrue(getUser().getLogin().equals("kohsuke"));
     }