Fork a Repository

POST 
/api/v5/repos/:owner/:repo/forks

Request

Path Parameters

owner stringrequired

Repository space address (address path of the enterprise, organization, or individual)

repo stringrequired

Repository path (path)

Query Parameters

access_token stringrequired

User authorization code

application/json

Body

organizationstring

Full address of the organizational space. If not filled, it defaults to forking to the user's personal space address.

namestring

Name of the repository after forking. Defaults to the source repository name.

pathstring

Forked repository address after forking. Default: Source repository address

Responses

200

Successful Response

Response Headers

application/json

Schema

Schema

idinteger
full_namestring
human_namestring
urlstring
namespace object
idinteger
namestring
pathstring
develop_modestring
cellstring
kindstring
full_pathstring
full_namestring
visibility_levelinteger
enable_file_controlinteger

Example (auto)

{
  "id": 0,
  "full_name": "string",
  "human_name": "string",
  "url": "string",
  "namespace": {
    "id": 0,
    "name": "string",
    "path": "string",
    "develop_mode": "string",
    "cell": "string",
    "kind": "string",
    "full_path": "string",
    "full_name": "string",
    "visibility_level": 0,
    "enable_file_control": 0
  }
}

1

Successful Example

{
  "id": 729292,
  "full_name": "xiaogang_test/fork2",
  "human_name": "test organization / fork2",
  "url": "https://api.gitcode.com/api/v5/repos/xiaogang_test/fork2",
  "namespace": {
    "id": 138108,
    "name": "test organization",
    "path": "xiaogang_test",
    "develop_mode": "normal",
    "cell": "default",
    "kind": "group",
    "full_path": "xiaogang_test",
    "full_name": "test organization",
    "visibility_level": 20,
    "enable_file_control": false
  }
}