# Get the hand-back plan

> What handing a takeover back would do, ref by ref, in plan.refs: each with base (where it was when the takeover began), ours, theirs and action: push (only g1t moved), fetch (only the remote moved), pull_request (the remote protects the branch: g1t's commits go to g1t/handback/<branch> there as a pull request, and g1t follows the remote's branch) or diverged (both moved: it needs a decision).

<div class="g1t-endpoint"><span class="g1t-method" data-method="get">GET</span><code>/repos/{owner}/{name}/mirror/hand-back</code></div>

`plan.reachable` is false while the remote does not answer; `plan.ready` once it answers and every diverged ref has a decision. Asks the remote, so it takes a moment. Needs the Admin role.

Refs that did not move on either side are left out. `ready` stays false until `docs/readme` has a decision.

- **Authentication:** Required. Send an [access token](/reference/api/#authentication) as `Authorization: Bearer`.
- **MCP tool:** [`repository`](/reference/mcp/#repository) with `action` `mirror_hand_back_plan`, and the same inputs
- **Scope:** An access token needs [`repo:admin`](/guides/authentication/#scopes).

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `owner` | string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
| `name` | string | Yes | The repository's name. |

## Example request

```sh
curl https://api.g1t.sh/repos/acme/web/mirror/hand-back \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"
```

## Example response

A successful request answers `200` with:

```json
{
  "remotes": [
    {
      "id": "rmt_01kp4a2b3c4d5e6f7g8h9j0k1m",
      "repo_id": "rep_01kp49z8y7x6w5v4t3s2r1q0pn",
      "repo": "acme/web",
      "provider": "github",
      "role": "leader",
      "name": "github.com/acme/web",
      "url": "https://github.com/acme/web",
      "state": "takeover",
      "state_since": "2026-10-08T13:58:00.000Z",
      "state_by": "syntaqx",
      "reachable": true,
      "unreachable_since": null,
      "synced_at": "2026-10-08T13:57:42.000Z",
      "last_error": null,
      "checks_problem": null,
      "settings": {
        "notify": "banner",
        "take_over_after": null,
        "hand_back": "when_clean",
        "keep_ci_warm": false,
        "github_workflows": true,
        "hold_deploys": true,
        "report_checks": true,
        "remote_pushes": "adopt"
      },
      "created_at": "2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "plan": {
    "refs": [
      {
        "ref": "refs/heads/fix/login-timeout",
        "base": "9d0e1aa4c8f2b7e6d5a4c3b2a1f0e9d8c7b6a5f4",
        "ours": "c47f2b8e1d0c9b8a7f6e5d4c3b2a1f0e9d8c7b6a",
        "theirs": "9d0e1aa4c8f2b7e6d5a4c3b2a1f0e9d8c7b6a5f4",
        "action": "push",
        "decision": null
      },
      {
        "ref": "refs/heads/main",
        "base": "41c9e02b7a6f5e4d3c2b1a0f9e8d7c6b5a4f3e2d",
        "ours": "e01d9a37f6e5d4c3b2a1f0e9d8c7b6a5f4e3d2c1",
        "theirs": "41c9e02b7a6f5e4d3c2b1a0f9e8d7c6b5a4f3e2d",
        "action": "pull_request",
        "decision": null
      },
      {
        "ref": "refs/heads/docs/readme",
        "base": "7f3a1c2d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b",
        "ours": "5b6c7d8e9f0a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c",
        "theirs": "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6e7f8a9b0",
        "action": "diverged",
        "decision": null
      }
    ],
    "reachable": true,
    "ready": false
  },
  "can_manage": true
}
```

## Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like `{"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}`. See [errors](/reference/api/#errors).

| Status | Code | When |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 401 | `unauthenticated` | A token is required, or the one sent is not valid. |
| 403 | `forbidden` | The token is valid but not allowed to do this, such as a member-only change or an agent token outside its repository. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist, or you cannot see it. |
| 422 | `invalid` | The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why. |