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Update pull request review protection

Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.

Updating pull request review enforcement requires admin or owner permissions to the repository and branch protection to be enabled.

[!NOTE] Passing new arrays of users and teams replaces their previous values.

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/branches/{branch}/protection/required_pull_request_reviews

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.

branchstring required

The name of the branch. Cannot contain wildcard characters. To use wildcard characters in branch names, use the GraphQL API.

Request body

dismiss_stale_reviewsboolean

Set to true if you want to automatically dismiss approving reviews when someone pushes a new commit.

require_code_owner_reviewsboolean

Blocks merging pull requests until code owners have reviewed.

required_approving_review_countinteger

Specifies the number of reviewers required to approve pull requests. Use a number between 1 and 6 or 0 to not require reviewers.

require_last_push_approvalboolean

Whether the most recent push must be approved by someone other than the person who pushed it. Default: false

Response

Response

urlstring uri
dismiss_stale_reviewsboolean required
require_code_owner_reviewsboolean required
required_approving_review_countinteger
require_last_push_approvalboolean

Whether the most recent push must be approved by someone other than the person who pushed it.

Example response

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions",
  "dismissal_restrictions": {
    "users": [
      {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
        "user_view_type": "public"
      }
    ],
    "teams": [
      {
        "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/rails/teams/core",
        "access_source": "direct",
        "organization_id": 37,
        "enterprise_id": 42,
        "parent": {
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/members{/member}",
          "name": "Justice League",
          "description": "A great team.",
          "permission": "admin",
          "privacy": "closed",
          "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/rails/teams/core",
          "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/repos",
          "slug": "justice-league",
          "ldap_dn": "uid=example,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com",
          "organization_id": 37,
          "enterprise_id": 42
        }
      }
    ],
    "apps": [
      {
        "id": 37,
        "slug": "probot-owners",
        "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
        "client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
        "owner": {
          "login": "octocat",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
          "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
          "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
          "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
          "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
          "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
          "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
          "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
          "type": "User",
          "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
          "user_view_type": "public"
        },
        "name": "Probot Owners",
        "description": "The description of the app.",
        "external_url": "https://example.com",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
        "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "permissions": {
          "issues": "read",
          "deployments": "write"
        },
        "events": [
          "label",
          "deployment"
        ],
        "installations_count": 5
      }
    ],
    "url": "\"https://api.github.com/repos/the-org/an-org-repo/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions\"",
    "users_url": "\"https://api.github.com/repos/the-org/an-org-repo/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/users\"",
    "teams_url": "\"https://api.github.com/repos/the-org/an-org-repo/branches/master/protection/dismissal_restrictions/teams\""
  },
  "bypass_pull_request_allowances": {
    "users": [
      {
        "login": "octocat",
        "id": 1,
        "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
        "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
        "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
        "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
        "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
        "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
        "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
        "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
        "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
        "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
        "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
        "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
        "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
        "type": "User",
        "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
        "user_view_type": "public"
      }
    ],
    "teams": [
      {
        "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/rails/teams/core",
        "access_source": "direct",
        "organization_id": 37,
        "enterprise_id": 42,
        "parent": {
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VGVhbTE=",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1",
          "members_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/members{/member}",
          "name": "Justice League",
          "description": "A great team.",
          "permission": "admin",
          "privacy": "closed",
          "notification_setting": "notifications_enabled",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/orgs/rails/teams/core",
          "repositories_url": "https://api.github.com/organizations/1/team/1/repos",
          "slug": "justice-league",
          "ldap_dn": "uid=example,ou=users,dc=github,dc=com",
          "organization_id": 37,
          "enterprise_id": 42
        }
      }
    ],
    "apps": [
      {
        "id": 37,
        "slug": "probot-owners",
        "node_id": "MDExOkludGVncmF0aW9uMQ==",
        "client_id": "\"Iv1.25b5d1e65ffc4022\"",
        "owner": {
          "login": "octocat",
          "id": 1,
          "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
          "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
          "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
          "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
          "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
          "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
          "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
          "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
          "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
          "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
          "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
          "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
          "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
          "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
          "type": "User",
          "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
          "user_view_type": "public"
        },
        "name": "Probot Owners",
        "description": "The description of the app.",
        "external_url": "https://example.com",
        "html_url": "https://github.com/apps/super-ci",
        "created_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "updated_at": "2017-07-08T16:18:44-04:00",
        "permissions": {
          "issues": "read",
          "deployments": "write"
        },
        "events": [
          "label",
          "deployment"
        ],
        "installations_count": 5
      }
    ]
  },
  "dismiss_stale_reviews": true,
  "require_code_owner_reviews": true,
  "required_approving_review_count": 2,
  "require_last_push_approval": true
}