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REST API overviewCode References

Update repository

PATCH
/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/:repo
PATCH
/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/:repo
$curl -X PATCH https://app.launchdarkly.com/api/v2/code-refs/repositories/repo \
>     -H "Authorization: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '[
>  {
>    "op": "replace",
>    "path": "/defaultBranch",
>    "value": null
>  }
>]'
1{
2  "name": "LaunchDarkly-Docs",
3  "type": "github",
4  "defaultBranch": "main",
5  "enabled": true,
6  "version": 3,
7  "_links": {},
8  "sourceLink": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs",
9  "commitUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/commit/${sha}",
10  "hunkUrlTemplate": "https://github.com/launchdarkly/LaunchDarkly-Docs/blob/${sha}/${filePath}#L${lineNumber}",
11  "branches": [
12    {
13      "name": "main",
14      "head": "a94a8fe5ccb19ba61c4c0873d391e987982fbbd3",
15      "syncTime": 1636558831870,
16      "_links": {},
17      "updateSequenceId": 25,
18      "references": [
19        {
20          "path": "/main/index.js",
21          "hunks": [
22            {
23              "startingLineNumber": 45,
24              "lines": "var enableFeature = 'enable-feature';",
25              "projKey": "default",
26              "flagKey": "enable-feature",
27              "aliases": [
28                "enableFeature",
29                "EnableFeature"
30              ]
31            }
32          ],
33          "hint": "javascript"
34        }
35      ]
36    }
37  ],
38  "_access": {
39    "denied": [
40      {
41        "action": "string",
42        "reason": {
43          "effect": "allow",
44          "resources": [
45            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
46          ],
47          "notResources": [
48            "string"
49          ],
50          "actions": [
51            "*"
52          ],
53          "notActions": [
54            "string"
55          ],
56          "role_name": "string"
57        }
58      }
59    ],
60    "allowed": [
61      {
62        "action": "string",
63        "reason": {
64          "effect": "allow",
65          "resources": [
66            "proj/*:env/*;qa_*:/flag/*"
67          ],
68          "notResources": [
69            "string"
70          ],
71          "actions": [
72            "*"
73          ],
74          "notActions": [
75            "string"
76          ],
77          "role_name": "string"
78        }
79      }
80    ]
81  }
82}
Update a repository's settings. Updating repository settings uses a [JSON patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6902) or [JSON merge patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7386) representation of the desired changes. To learn more, read [Updates](https://launchdarkly.com/docs/api#updates).
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Update a repository’s settings. Updating repository settings uses a JSON patch or JSON merge patch representation of the desired changes. To learn more, read Updates.

Authentication

Authorizationstring
API Key authentication via header

Path parameters

repostringRequiredformat: "string"
The repository name

Request

This endpoint expects a list of objects.
opstringRequired
The type of operation to perform
pathstringRequired
A JSON Pointer string specifying the part of the document to operate on
valueanyOptional
A JSON value used in "add", "replace", and "test" operations

Response

Repository response
namestring
The repository name
typeenum
The type of repository
Allowed values:
defaultBranchstring
The repository's default branch
enabledboolean
Whether or not a repository is enabled for code reference scanning
versioninteger
The version of the repository's saved information
_linksmap from strings to any
sourceLinkstring
A URL to access the repository
commitUrlTemplatestring
A template for constructing a valid URL to view the commit
hunkUrlTemplatestring
A template for constructing a valid URL to view the hunk
brancheslist of objects
An array of the repository's branches that have been scanned for code references
_accessobject

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
429
Too Many Requests Error