Repositories

Get repository contents

What a repository holds at a path, at ref (a branch, tag or commit; the default branch when left out).

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/contents

A file: its text (null for a binary file or one too large to show; at most 200,000 characters, the rest cut with a note), size in bytes and html_url. A directory (or the root, with no path): its entries (each name, path and type: dir, file, symlink or submodule) and its README’s text when it has one. Read the root first to find README, CONTRIBUTING, package.json, Cargo.toml or a workflow under .g1t/workflows, then the files you need.

A file’s text, or with no path (or a directory’s) the entries and README. ref is a branch, tag or commit; the default branch when left out.

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

Path parameters

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

Query parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`path`	string	No	A file or directory, such as README.md or src/lib; the root when left out.
`ref`	string	No	A branch, tag or commit; the default branch when left out.

Example request

curl "https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/g1t/contents?path=CONTRIBUTING.md" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "type": "file",
  "repo": "flagon-io/g1t",
  "ref": "main",
  "path": "CONTRIBUTING.md",
  "size": 412,
  "binary": false,
  "text": "# Contributing\n\nRun the tests before you push:\n\n```sh\ncargo test --workspace\nnpm test --workspaces --if-present\n```\n",
  "html_url": "https://g1t.sh/flagon-io/g1t/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md"
}

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 a token without the scope it needs.
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.