---
title: "Update a repository"
method: PUT
path: "/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}"
tags: ["Repositories"]
---

# Update a repository

`PUT /repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}`

Since this endpoint can be used to both update and to create a
repository, the request body depends on the intent.

#### Creation

See the POST documentation for the repository endpoint for an example
of the request body.

#### Update

Note: Changing the `name` of the repository will cause the location to
be changed. This is because the URL of the repo is derived from the
name (a process called slugification). In such a scenario, it is
possible for the request to fail if the newly created slug conflicts
with an existing repository's slug. But if there is no conflict,
the new location will be returned in the `Location` header of the
response.

## Request body

- Repository — A Bitbucket repository.
  - `type` string, required
  - `links` object
    - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `pullrequests` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `forks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `watchers` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `downloads` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `clone` object[]
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `hooks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
  - `uuid` string — The repository's immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user.
  - `full_name` string — The concatenation of the repository owner's username and the slugified name, e.g. "evzijst/interruptingcow". This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs.
  - `is_private` boolean
  - `parent` Repository — recursive
  - `scm` 'git'
  - `owner` Account — An account object.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
      - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `created_on` string, date-time
    - `display_name` string
    - `uuid` string
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `created_on` string, date-time
  - `updated_on` string, date-time
  - `size` integer
  - `language` string
  - `has_issues` boolean — The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
  - `has_wiki` boolean — The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
  - `fork_policy` 'allow_forks' | 'no_public_forks' | 'no_forks' — Controls the rules for forking this repository. * **allow_forks**: unrestricted forking * **no_public_forks**: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later) * **no_forks**: deny all forking
  - `project` Project — A Bitbucket project. Projects are used by teams to organize repositories.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` object
      - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `uuid` string — The project's immutable id.
    - `key` string — The project's key.
    - `owner` Team — A team object.
      - `type` string, required
      - `links` object — Links related to a Team.
        - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `self` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `html` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `members` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `projects` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `repositories` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
      - `created_on` string, date-time
      - `display_name` string
      - `uuid` string
    - `name` string — The name of the project.
    - `description` string
    - `is_private` boolean — Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
    - `created_on` string, date-time
    - `updated_on` string, date-time
    - `has_publicly_visible_repos` boolean — Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
  - `mainbranch` Branch — A branch object, representing a branch in a repository.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` object
      - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `name` string — The name of the ref.
    - `target` Commit — A repository commit object.
      - `type` string, required
      - `hash` string
      - `date` string, date-time
      - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `message` string
      - `summary` object
        - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
        - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
        - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
      - `parents` BaseCommit[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `hash` string
        - `date` string, date-time
        - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `message` string
        - `summary` object
          - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
          - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
          - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
        - `parents` BaseCommit[]
      - `repository` Repository — recursive
      - `participants` Participant[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
        - `role` 'PARTICIPANT' | 'REVIEWER'
        - `approved` boolean
        - `state` string
        - `participated_on` string, date-time — The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant's action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented.
    - `merge_strategies` string[] — Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch.
    - `default_merge_strategy` string — The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch.

## Response `200`

The existing repository has been updated

- Repository — A Bitbucket repository.
  - `type` string, required
  - `links` object
    - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `pullrequests` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `forks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `watchers` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `downloads` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `clone` object[]
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
    - `hooks` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
      - `href` string, uri
      - `name` string
  - `uuid` string — The repository's immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user.
  - `full_name` string — The concatenation of the repository owner's username and the slugified name, e.g. "evzijst/interruptingcow". This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs.
  - `is_private` boolean
  - `parent` Repository — recursive
  - `scm` 'git'
  - `owner` Account — An account object.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
      - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `created_on` string, date-time
    - `display_name` string
    - `uuid` string
  - `name` string
  - `description` string
  - `created_on` string, date-time
  - `updated_on` string, date-time
  - `size` integer
  - `language` string
  - `has_issues` boolean — The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
  - `has_wiki` boolean — The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.
  - `fork_policy` 'allow_forks' | 'no_public_forks' | 'no_forks' — Controls the rules for forking this repository. * **allow_forks**: unrestricted forking * **no_public_forks**: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later) * **no_forks**: deny all forking
  - `project` Project — A Bitbucket project. Projects are used by teams to organize repositories.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` object
      - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `avatar` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `uuid` string — The project's immutable id.
    - `key` string — The project's key.
    - `owner` Team — A team object.
      - `type` string, required
      - `links` object — Links related to a Team.
        - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `self` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `html` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `members` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `projects` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
        - `repositories` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
          - `href` string, uri
          - `name` string
      - `created_on` string, date-time
      - `display_name` string
      - `uuid` string
    - `name` string — The name of the project.
    - `description` string
    - `is_private` boolean — Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
    - `created_on` string, date-time
    - `updated_on` string, date-time
    - `has_publicly_visible_repos` boolean — Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.
  - `mainbranch` Branch — A branch object, representing a branch in a repository.
    - `type` string, required
    - `links` object
      - `self` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `commits` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
      - `html` object — A link to a resource related to this object.
        - `href` string, uri
        - `name` string
    - `name` string — The name of the ref.
    - `target` Commit — A repository commit object.
      - `type` string, required
      - `hash` string
      - `date` string, date-time
      - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
        - `type` string, required
        - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
      - `message` string
      - `summary` object
        - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
        - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
        - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
      - `parents` BaseCommit[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `hash` string
        - `date` string, date-time
        - `author` Author — The author of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `committer` Committer — The committer of a change in a repository
          - `type` string, required
          - `raw` string — The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.
          - `user` Account — An account object.
            - `type` string, required
            - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
              - …
            - `created_on` string, date-time
            - `display_name` string
            - `uuid` string
        - `message` string
        - `summary` object
          - `raw` string — The text as it was typed by a user.
          - `markup` 'markdown' | 'creole' | 'plaintext' — The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.
          - `html` string — The user's content rendered as HTML.
        - `parents` BaseCommit[]
      - `repository` Repository — recursive
      - `participants` Participant[]
        - `type` string, required
        - `user` Account — An account object.
          - `type` string, required
          - `links` AccountLinks — Links related to an Account.
            - `avatar` Link — A link to a resource related to this object.
              - …
          - `created_on` string, date-time
          - `display_name` string
          - `uuid` string
        - `role` 'PARTICIPANT' | 'REVIEWER'
        - `approved` boolean
        - `state` string
        - `participated_on` string, date-time — The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant's action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented.
    - `merge_strategies` string[] — Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch.
    - `default_merge_strategy` string — The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch.

## Other responses

- `201` — A new repository has been created
- `400` — If the input document was invalid, or if the caller lacks the privilege to create repositories under the targeted account.
- `401` — If the request was not authenticated.

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