---
title: "save lists of active commits for garbage collection"
method: POST
path: "/repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_commits"
tags: ["internal"]
---

# save lists of active commits for garbage collection

`POST /repositories/{repository}/gc/prepare_commits`

## Response `201`

paths to commit dataset

- GarbageCollectionPrepareResponse
  - `run_id` string, required — a unique identifier generated for this GC job
  - `gc_commits_location` string, required — location of the resulting commits csv table (partitioned by run_id)
  - `gc_addresses_location` string, required — location to use for expired addresses parquet table (partitioned by run_id)
  - `gc_commits_presigned_url` string — a presigned url to download the commits csv

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

---

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