Get a repository's license

The license in a repository's LICENSE file (or LICENCE, COPYING, UNLICENSE, with or without an extension) on its default branch: its spdx_id (null when the text is not one g1t recognizes), name ("Other" then) and path.

GET/repos/{owner}/{name}/license

Not found when it has none, or before the default branch has been read the first time.

Authentication: Optional. Public data can be read without a token; send one to see what is private.
MCP tool: repository with action license, and the same inputs
Scope: An access token needs repo:read.

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 https://api.g1t.sh/repos/flagon-io/hello/license \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $G1T_TOKEN"

Example response

A successful request answers 200 with:

{
  "spdx_id": "MIT",
  "name": "MIT License",
  "path": "LICENSE"
}

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.
422	`invalid`	The input is not valid. `message` says which field and why.