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Update a pull request branch

PUT
/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/update-branch

Updates the pull request branch with the latest upstream changes by merging HEAD from the base branch into the pull request branch. Note: If making a request on behalf of a GitHub App you must also have permissions to write the contents of the head repository.

API method documentation

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ 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.

pull_number
required
integer

The number that identifies the pull request.

Request Body

Section titled “ Request Body ”
Media type application/json
object
expected_head_sha

The expected SHA of the pull request’s HEAD ref. This is the most recent commit on the pull request’s branch. If the expected SHA does not match the pull request’s HEAD, you will receive a 422 Unprocessable Entity status. You can use the “List commits” endpoint to find the most recent commit SHA. Default: SHA of the pull request’s current HEAD ref.

string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "expected_head_sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

202

Section titled “ 202 ”

Response

Media type application/json
object
message
string
url
string
Examples
Example default 
{
  "message": "Updating pull request branch.",
  "url": "https://github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/53"
}

403

Section titled “ 403 ”

Forbidden

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

Section titled “ 422 ”

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Media type application/json
Validation Error

Validation Error

object
message
required
string
documentation_url
required
string
errors
Array<object>
object
resource
string
field
string
message
string
code
required
string
index
integer
value
One of:
string
nullable
Example generated 
{
  "message": "example",
  "documentation_url": "example",
  "errors": [
    {
      "resource": "example",
      "field": "example",
      "message": "example",
      "code": "example",
      "index": 1,
      "value": [
        "example"
      ]
    }
  ]
}