Take over a mirror

Take over a mirror: g1t leads it for now, so pushes, pull requests, issues, agents and workflows work on g1t, whether or not the remote is answering.

POST/repos/{owner}/{name}/mirror/take-over

Each ref’s commit is recorded as where the takeover began. Workflows that deploy wait for approval, unless the link’s settings say otherwise. End it with hand_back_mirror, or keep it with move_mirror_to_g1t. Needs the Admin role.

Authentication: Required. Send an access token as Authorization: Bearer.
MCP tool: repository with action mirror_take_over, 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.

Example request

curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/acme/web/mirror/take-over \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

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": "takeover",
      "state_since": "2026-10-08T13:58:00.000Z",
      "state_by": "syntaqx",
      "reachable": false,
      "unreachable_since": "2026-10-08T14:04:00.000Z",
      "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
}

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.