Hand a takeover back

Hand a takeover back to the remote, as get_hand_back_plan describes, with decisions for diverged refs: an object from ref (refs/heads/docs) to keep_ours (g1t's commit is pushed over the remote's), keep_theirs (the remote's is taken; g1t's is kept under refs/g1t/replaced/) or pull_request.

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/mirror/hand-back

Refused while the remote does not answer or a diverged ref has no decision. The repository is read-only while it goes back; if anything is refused, g1t keeps the lead and says why. On success the mirror stands by again, and notes lists the pull requests opened. Needs the Admin role.

Branch names work as keys too: { "docs/readme": "keep_theirs" }.

Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
MCP tool: repository with action mirror_hand_back, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs repo:admin.

Path parameters

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

Body parameters

Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.

Name	Type	Required	Description
`decisions`	object	No	For each diverged ref, by its full name: keep_ours, keep_theirs or pull_request.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/acme/web/mirror/hand-back \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "decisions": {
      "refs/heads/docs/readme": "pull_request"
    }
  }'

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "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": "standby",
      "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,
      "settings": {
        "notify": "banner",
        "take_over_after": null,
        "hand_back": "when_clean",
        "keep_ci_warm": false,
        "github_workflows": true,
        "hold_deploys": true,
        "remote_pushes": "adopt"
      },
      "created_at": "2026-10-05T10:00:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "plan": null,
  "can_manage": true,
  "notes": [
    "main: opened https://github.com/acme/web/pull/1290",
    "docs/readme: opened https://github.com/acme/web/pull/1291"
  ]
}

Errors

A failed request answers with one of these statuses and a body like {"error": {"code": "not_found", "message": "Repository not found."}}. See 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.
409	`conflict`	The request conflicts with the current state.
422	`invalid`	The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why.