---
title: "Transfer a repository"
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer"
tags: ["repos"]
---

# Transfer a repository

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/transfer`

A transfer request will need to be accepted by the new owner when transferring a personal repository to another user. The response will contain the original `owner`, and the transfer will continue asynchronously. For more details on the requirements to transfer personal and organization-owned repositories, see [about repository transfers](https://docs.github.com/enterprise-server@3.6/articles/about-repository-transfers/).
You must use a personal access token or an OAuth token for this endpoint. An installation access token cannot be used because it is only granted access to a single account.

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `new_owner` string, required — The username or organization name the repository will be transferred to.
  - `team_ids` integer[] — ID of the team or teams to add to the repository. Teams can only be added to organization-owned repositories.

## Response `202`

Response

- MinimalRepository — Minimal Repository
  - `id` integer, required
  - `node_id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `full_name` string, required
  - `owner` SimpleUser, required — A GitHub user.
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `login` string, required
    - `id` integer, required
    - `node_id` string, required
    - `avatar_url` string, uri, required
    - `gravatar_id` string, nullable, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `html_url` string, uri, required
    - `followers_url` string, uri, required
    - `following_url` string, required
    - `gists_url` string, required
    - `starred_url` string, required
    - `subscriptions_url` string, uri, required
    - `organizations_url` string, uri, required
    - `repos_url` string, uri, required
    - `events_url` string, required
    - `received_events_url` string, uri, required
    - `type` string, required
    - `site_admin` boolean, required
    - `starred_at` string
  - `private` boolean, required
  - `html_url` string, uri, required
  - `description` string, nullable, required
  - `fork` boolean, required
  - `url` string, uri, required
  - `archive_url` string, required
  - `assignees_url` string, required
  - `blobs_url` string, required
  - `branches_url` string, required
  - `collaborators_url` string, required
  - `comments_url` string, required
  - `commits_url` string, required
  - `compare_url` string, required
  - `contents_url` string, required
  - `contributors_url` string, uri, required
  - `deployments_url` string, uri, required
  - `downloads_url` string, uri, required
  - `events_url` string, uri, required
  - `forks_url` string, uri, required
  - `git_commits_url` string, required
  - `git_refs_url` string, required
  - `git_tags_url` string, required
  - `git_url` string
  - `issue_comment_url` string, required
  - `issue_events_url` string, required
  - `issues_url` string, required
  - `keys_url` string, required
  - `labels_url` string, required
  - `languages_url` string, uri, required
  - `merges_url` string, uri, required
  - `milestones_url` string, required
  - `notifications_url` string, required
  - `pulls_url` string, required
  - `releases_url` string, required
  - `ssh_url` string
  - `stargazers_url` string, uri, required
  - `statuses_url` string, required
  - `subscribers_url` string, uri, required
  - `subscription_url` string, uri, required
  - `tags_url` string, uri, required
  - `teams_url` string, uri, required
  - `trees_url` string, required
  - `clone_url` string
  - `mirror_url` string, nullable
  - `hooks_url` string, uri, required
  - `svn_url` string
  - `homepage` string, nullable
  - `language` string, nullable
  - `forks_count` integer
  - `stargazers_count` integer
  - `watchers_count` integer
  - `size` integer — The size of the repository. Size is calculated hourly. When a repository is initially created, the size is 0.
  - `default_branch` string
  - `open_issues_count` integer
  - `is_template` boolean
  - `topics` string[]
  - `has_issues` boolean
  - `has_projects` boolean
  - `has_wiki` boolean
  - `has_pages` boolean
  - `has_downloads` boolean
  - `archived` boolean
  - `disabled` boolean
  - `visibility` string
  - `pushed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `permissions` object
    - `admin` boolean
    - `maintain` boolean
    - `push` boolean
    - `triage` boolean
    - `pull` boolean
  - `role_name` string
  - `temp_clone_token` string
  - `delete_branch_on_merge` boolean
  - `subscribers_count` integer
  - `network_count` integer
  - `code_of_conduct` CodeOfConduct — Code Of Conduct
    - `key` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `url` string, uri, required
    - `body` string
    - `html_url` string, uri, nullable, required
  - `license` object, nullable
    - `key` string
    - `name` string
    - `spdx_id` string
    - `url` string
    - `node_id` string
  - `forks` integer
  - `open_issues` integer
  - `watchers` integer
  - `allow_forking` boolean
  - `web_commit_signoff_required` boolean

---

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