Purge a deleted repository
Permanently remove a deleted repository now, instead of waiting for its 30 days to end.
/repos/{owner}/{name}/purgeOwners only, and confirm must be its full name, owner/name. Its git data, issues, pull requests, deployments and custom domains are removed and cannot be recovered, and its name is free to use again.
Permanent: it cannot be restored afterwards, and its name is free again. Only a deleted repository can be purged (404 otherwise). Owners only (403); 422 when confirm is not its full name.
- Authentication: Required. Send an access token as
Authorization: Bearer. - MCP tool:
purge_repo, with the same inputs
Path parameters
Section titled “Path parameters”| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
owner |
string | Yes | The workspace that owns the repository. |
name |
string | Yes | The repository’s name. |
Body parameters
Section titled “Body parameters”Send a JSON object. Names are snake_case, as in responses; the camelCase spelling is accepted too.
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
confirm |
string | Yes | Its full name, owner/name, typed out, to confirm. |
Example request
Section titled “Example request”curl -X POST https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/purge \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "confirm": "flagon-io/hello" }'Example response
Section titled “Example response”A successful request answers 200 with:
trueErrors
Section titled “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. |