Git database

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Git database

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The Git Database API gives you access to read and write raw Git objects to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise and to list and update your references (branch heads and tags). For more information about using the Git Database API, see "Getting started with the Git data API."

Blobs

A Git blob (binary large object) is the object type used to store the contents of each file in a repository. The file's SHA-1 hash is computed and stored in the blob object. These endpoints allow you to read and write blob objects to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise. Blobs leverage these custom media types. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.

Custom media types for blobs

These are the supported media types for blobs.

application/json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw

For more information, see "Media types."

Create a blob

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`content`	string	body	Required. The new blob's content.
`encoding`	string	body	The encoding used for `content`. Currently, `"utf-8"` and `"base64"` are supported. Default: `utf-8`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  content: 'content'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/git/blobs/3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15",
  "sha": "3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15"
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a blob

The content in the response will always be Base64 encoded.

Note: This API supports blobs up to 100 megabytes in size.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`file_sha`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/blobs/FILE_SHA

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/blobs/{file_sha}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  file_sha: 'file_sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "content": "Q29udGVudCBvZiB0aGUgYmxvYg==\n",
  "encoding": "base64",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/example/git/blobs/3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15",
  "sha": "3a0f86fb8db8eea7ccbb9a95f325ddbedfb25e15",
  "size": 19
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Commits

A Git commit is a snapshot of the hierarchy (Git tree) and the contents of the files (Git blob) in a Git repository. These endpoints allow you to read and write commit objects to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise.

Create a commit

Creates a new Git commit object.

In this example, the payload of the signature would be:

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/commits

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended

owner string path

repo string path

message

string

body

Required. The commit message

tree

string

body

Required. The SHA of the tree object this commit points to

parents

array of strings

body

Required. The SHAs of the commits that were the parents of this commit. If omitted or empty, the commit will be written as a root commit. For a single parent, an array of one SHA should be provided; for a merge commit, an array of more than one should be provided.

author

object

body

Information about the author of the commit. By default, the author will be the authenticated user and the current date. See the author and committer object below for details.

Properties of the `author` object

`name` (string)	The name of the author (or committer) of the commit
`email` (string)	The email of the author (or committer) of the commit
`date` (string)	Indicates when this commit was authored (or committed). This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.

committer

object

body

Information about the person who is making the commit. By default, committer will use the information set in author. See the author and committer object below for details.

Properties of the `committer` object

`name` (string)	The name of the author (or committer) of the commit
`email` (string)	The email of the author (or committer) of the commit
`date` (string)	Indicates when this commit was authored (or committed). This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.

signature

string

body

The PGP signature of the commit. GitHub adds the signature to the gpgsig header of the created commit. For a commit signature to be verifiable by Git or GitHub, it must be an ASCII-armored detached PGP signature over the string commit as it would be written to the object database. To pass a signature parameter, you need to first manually create a valid PGP signature, which can be complicated. You may find it easier to use the command line to create signed commits.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits \
  -d '{"message":"message","tree":"tree","parents":["parents"]}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/commits', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  message: 'message',
  tree: 'tree',
  parents: [
    'parents'
  ]
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
  "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NzYzODQxN2RiNmQ1OWYzYzQzMWQzZTFmMjYxY2M2MzcxNTU2ODRjZA==",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
  "author": {
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com"
  },
  "committer": {
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com"
  },
  "message": "my commit message",
  "tree": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
    "sha": "827efc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132"
  },
  "parents": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7d1b31e74ee336d15cbd21741bc88a537ed063a0",
      "sha": "7d1b31e74ee336d15cbd21741bc88a537ed063a0"
    }
  ],
  "verification": {
    "verified": false,
    "reason": "unsigned",
    "signature": null,
    "payload": null
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a commit

Gets a Git commit object.

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/commits/{commit_sha}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`commit_sha`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/commits/COMMIT_SHA

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/commits/{commit_sha}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  commit_sha: 'commit_sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
  "node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NmRjYjA5YjViNTc4NzVmMzM0ZjYxYWViZWQ2OTVlMmU0MTkzZGI1ZQ==",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
  "author": {
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com"
  },
  "committer": {
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com"
  },
  "message": "added readme, because im a good github citizen",
  "tree": {
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb",
    "sha": "691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb"
  },
  "parents": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
      "sha": "1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5"
    }
  ],
  "verification": {
    "verified": false,
    "reason": "unsigned",
    "signature": null,
    "payload": null
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

References

A Git reference (git ref) is just a file that contains a Git commit SHA-1 hash. When referring to a Git commit, you can use the Git reference, which is an easy-to-remember name, rather than the hash. The Git reference can be rewritten to point to a new commit. A branch is just a Git reference that stores the new Git commit hash. These endpoints allow you to read and write references to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise.

Create a reference

Creates a reference for your repository. You are unable to create new references for empty repositories, even if the commit SHA-1 hash used exists. Empty repositories are repositories without branches.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	body	Required. The name of the fully qualified reference (ie: `refs/heads/master`). If it doesn't start with 'refs' and have at least two slashes, it will be rejected.
`sha`	string	body	Required. The SHA1 value for this reference.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/refs \
  -d '{"ref":"ref","sha":"sha"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref',
  sha: 'sha'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "ref": "refs/heads/featureA",
  "node_id": "MDM6UmVmcmVmcy9oZWFkcy9mZWF0dXJlQQ==",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs/heads/featureA",
  "object": {
    "type": "commit",
    "sha": "aa218f56b14c9653891f9e74264a383fa43fefbd",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/aa218f56b14c9653891f9e74264a383fa43fefbd"
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get all references

Returns an array of all the references from your Git database, including notes and stashes if they exist on the server. Anything in the namespace is returned, not just heads and tags. If there are no references to list, a 404 is returned.

Note: You need to explicitly request a pull request to trigger a merge commit creation. For more information, see "Checking mergeability of pull requests".

GET /repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs

You can also request a sub-namespace. For example, to get all the tag references, you can call:

GET /repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs/tags

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{namespace}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path	owner parameter
`repo`	string	path	repo parameter
`per_page`	integer	query	Results per page (max 100)
`page`	integer	query	Page number of the results to fetch.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/refs/

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{namespace}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a reference

Returns a branch or tag reference. Other than the REST API it always returns a single reference. If the REST API returns with an array then the method responds with an error.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path	owner parameter
`repo`	string	path	repo parameter
`ref`	string	path	Must be formatted as `heads/branch`, not just `branch`

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/refs/REF

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Update a reference

patch /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path
`sha`	string	body	Required. The SHA1 value to set this reference to
`force`	boolean	body	Indicates whether to force the update or to make sure the update is a fast-forward update. Leaving this out or setting it to `false` will make sure you're not overwriting work.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X PATCH \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/refs/REF \
  -d '{"sha":"sha"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref',
  sha: 'sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "ref": "refs/heads/featureA",
  "node_id": "MDM6UmVmcmVmcy9oZWFkcy9mZWF0dXJlQQ==",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/refs/heads/featureA",
  "object": {
    "type": "commit",
    "sha": "aa218f56b14c9653891f9e74264a383fa43fefbd",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/aa218f56b14c9653891f9e74264a383fa43fefbd"
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Delete a reference

delete /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`ref`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X DELETE \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/refs/REF

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('DELETE /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/refs/{ref}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  ref: 'ref'
})

Default Response

Status: 204 No Content

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Tags

A Git tag is similar to a Git reference, but the Git commit that it points to never changes. Git tags are helpful when you want to point to specific releases. These endpoints allow you to read and write tag objects to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise. The Git tags API only supports annotated tag objects, not lightweight tags.

Create a tag object

Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended

owner string path

repo string path

tag

string

body

Required. The tag's name. This is typically a version (e.g., "v0.0.1").

message

string

body

Required. The tag message.

object

string

body

Required. The SHA of the git object this is tagging.

type

string

body

Required. The type of the object we're tagging. Normally this is a commit but it can also be a tree or a blob.

tagger

object

body

An object with information about the individual creating the tag.

Properties of the `tagger` object

`name` (string)	The name of the author of the tag
`email` (string)	The email of the author of the tag
`date` (string)	When this object was tagged. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/tags \
  -d '{"tag":"tag","message":"message","object":"object","type":"type"}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tag: 'tag',
  message: 'message',
  object: 'object',
  type: 'type'
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "node_id": "MDM6VGFnOTQwYmQzMzYyNDhlZmFlMGY5ZWU1YmM3YjJkNWM5ODU4ODdiMTZhYw==",
  "tag": "v0.0.1",
  "sha": "940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags/940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "message": "initial version",
  "tagger": {
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com",
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z"
  },
  "object": {
    "type": "commit",
    "sha": "c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c"
  },
  "verification": {
    "verified": false,
    "reason": "unsigned",
    "signature": null,
    "payload": null
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a tag

Signature verification object

The response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:

These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:

Value	Description
`expired_key`	The key that made the signature is expired.
`not_signing_key`	The "signing" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature.
`gpgverify_error`	There was an error communicating with the signature verification service.
`gpgverify_unavailable`	The signature verification service is currently unavailable.
`unsigned`	The object does not include a signature.
`unknown_signature_type`	A non-PGP signature was found in the commit.
`no_user`	No user was associated with the `committer` email address in the commit.
`unverified_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on her/his account.
`bad_email`	The `committer` email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature.
`unknown_key`	The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account.
`malformed_signature`	There was an error parsing the signature.
`invalid`	The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature.
`valid`	None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags/{tag_sha}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tag_sha`	string	path

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/tags/TAG_SHA

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/tags/{tag_sha}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tag_sha: 'tag_sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "node_id": "MDM6VGFnOTQwYmQzMzYyNDhlZmFlMGY5ZWU1YmM3YjJkNWM5ODU4ODdiMTZhYw==",
  "tag": "v0.0.1",
  "sha": "940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/tags/940bd336248efae0f9ee5bc7b2d5c985887b16ac",
  "message": "initial version",
  "tagger": {
    "name": "Monalisa Octocat",
    "email": "octocat@github.com",
    "date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z"
  },
  "object": {
    "type": "commit",
    "sha": "c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/c3d0be41ecbe669545ee3e94d31ed9a4bc91ee3c"
  },
  "verification": {
    "verified": false,
    "reason": "unsigned",
    "signature": null,
    "payload": null
  }
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Trees

A Git tree object creates the hierarchy between files in a Git repository. You can use the Git tree object to create the relationship between directories and the files they contain. These endpoints allow you to read and write tree objects to your Git database on GitHub Enterprise.

Create a tree

The tree creation API accepts nested entries. If you specify both a tree and a nested path modifying that tree, this endpoint will overwrite the contents of the tree with the new path contents, and create a new tree structure.

If you use this endpoint to add, delete, or modify the file contents in a tree, you will need to commit the tree and then update a branch to point to the commit. For more information see "Create a commit" and "Update a reference."

post /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees

Parameters

Name Type In Description

accept

string

header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended

owner string path

repo string path

tree

array of objects

body

Required. Objects (of path, mode, type, and sha) specifying a tree structure.

Properties of the `tree` items

`path` (string)	The file referenced in the tree.
`mode` (string)	The file mode; one of `100644` for file (blob), `100755` for executable (blob), `040000` for subdirectory (tree), `160000` for submodule (commit), or `120000` for a blob that specifies the path of a symlink.
`type` (string)	Either `blob`, `tree`, or `commit`.
`sha` (string or null)	The SHA1 checksum ID of the object in the tree. Also called `tree.sha`. If the value is `null` then the file will be deleted. Note: Use either `tree.sha` or `content` to specify the contents of the entry. Using both `tree.sha` and `content` will return an error.
`content` (string)	The content you want this file to have. GitHub will write this blob out and use that SHA for this entry. Use either this, or `tree.sha`. Note: Use either `tree.sha` or `content` to specify the contents of the entry. Using both `tree.sha` and `content` will return an error.

base_tree

string

body

The SHA1 of the tree you want to update with new data. If you don't set this, the commit will be created on top of everything; however, it will only contain your change, the rest of your files will show up as deleted.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/trees \
  -d '{"tree":[{"path":"path","mode":"mode","type":"type","sha":"sha","content":"content"}]}'

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tree: [
    {
      path: 'path',
      mode: 'mode',
      type: 'type',
      sha: 'sha',
      content: 'content'
    }
  ]
})

Default response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "sha": "cd8274d15fa3ae2ab983129fb037999f264ba9a7",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/trees/cd8274d15fa3ae2ab983129fb037999f264ba9a7",
  "tree": [
    {
      "path": "file.rb",
      "mode": "100644",
      "type": "blob",
      "size": 132,
      "sha": "7c258a9869f33c1e1e1f74fbb32f07c86cb5a75b",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/7c258a9869f33c1e1e1f74fbb32f07c86cb5a75b"
    }
  ]
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Get a tree

Returns a single tree using the SHA1 value for that tree.

If truncated is true in the response then the number of items in the tree array exceeded our maximum limit. If you need to fetch more items, use the non-recursive method of fetching trees, and fetch one sub-tree at a time.

get /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{tree_sha}

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Description
`accept`	string	header	Setting to `application/vnd.github.v3+json` is recommended
`owner`	string	path
`repo`	string	path
`tree_sha`	string	path
`recursive`	string	query	Setting this parameter to any value returns the objects or subtrees referenced by the tree specified in `:tree_sha`. For example, setting `recursive` to any of the following will enable returning objects or subtrees: `0`, `1`, `"true"`, and `"false"`. Omit this parameter to prevent recursively returning objects or subtrees.

Code samples

Shell

curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  https://{hostname}/repos/octocat/hello-world/git/trees/TREE_SHA

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

await octokit.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/git/trees/{tree_sha}', {
  owner: 'octocat',
  repo: 'hello-world',
  tree_sha: 'tree_sha'
})

Default response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "sha": "9fb037999f264ba9a7fc6274d15fa3ae2ab98312",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/trees/9fb037999f264ba9a7fc6274d15fa3ae2ab98312",
  "tree": [
    {
      "path": "file.rb",
      "mode": "100644",
      "type": "blob",
      "size": 30,
      "sha": "44b4fc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/44b4fc6d56897b048c772eb4087f854f46256132"
    },
    {
      "path": "subdir",
      "mode": "040000",
      "type": "tree",
      "sha": "f484d249c660418515fb01c2b9662073663c242e",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/f484d249c660418515fb01c2b9662073663c242e"
    },
    {
      "path": "exec_file",
      "mode": "100755",
      "type": "blob",
      "size": 75,
      "sha": "45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/blobs/45b983be36b73c0788dc9cbcb76cbb80fc7bb057"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

Response recursively retrieving a tree

Status: 200 OK

{
  "sha": "fc6274d15fa3ae2ab983129fb037999f264ba9a7",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/trees/fc6274d15fa3ae2ab983129fb037999f264ba9a7",
  "tree": [
    {
      "path": "subdir/file.txt",
      "mode": "100644",
      "type": "blob",
      "size": 132,
      "sha": "7c258a9869f33c1e1e1f74fbb32f07c86cb5a75b",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/7c258a9869f33c1e1e1f74fbb32f07c86cb5a75b"
    }
  ],
  "truncated": false
}

Notes

Works with GitHub Apps

Git database

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Properties of the author object

Properties of the committer object

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default Response

Notes

Properties of the tagger object

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Properties of the tree items

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Notes

Shell

JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)

Default response

Response recursively retrieving a tree

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