Delete a reference

DELETE

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

Deletes the provided reference.

API method documentation

Parameters

Path Parameters

owner

required

string

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

repo

required

string

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

ref

required

string

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

Example

heads/feature-a

Responses

204

Response

409

Conflict

Media type application/json

Basic Error

Basic Error

object

message

string

documentation_url

string

url

string

status

string

Example ^generated

{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "url": "example",
  "status": "example"
}

422

Validation failed, an attempt was made to delete the default branch, or the endpoint has been spammed.