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git

Update a reference

Updates the provided reference to point to a new SHA. For more information, see "Git References" in the Git documentation.

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

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

refstring required

The Git reference. For more information, see "Git References" in the Git documentation.

Request body

shastring required

The SHA1 value to set this reference to

forceboolean

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.

Response

refstring required

node_idstring required

urlstring uri required

Example response

{
  "object": {
    "sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd"
  }
}