Delete a file
Deletes a file in a repository.
You can provide an additional committer
parameter, which is an object containing information about the committer. Or, you can provide an author
parameter, which is an object containing information about the author.
The author
section is optional and is filled in with the committer
information if omitted. If the committer
information is omitted, the authenticated user's information is used.
You must provide values for both name
and email
, whether you choose to use author
or committer
. Otherwise, you'll receive a 422
status code.
Parameters
Example Response
Status: 200
{
"content": null,
"commit": {
"sha": "7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
"node_id": "MDY6Q29tbWl0NzYzODQxN2RiNmQ1OWYzYzQzMWQzZTFmMjYxY2M2MzcxNTU2ODRjZA==",
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/7638417db6d59f3c431d3e1f261cc637155684cd",
"author": {
"date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "octocat@github.com"
},
"committer": {
"date": "2014-11-07T22:01:45Z",
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "octocat@github.com"
},
"message": "my commit message",
"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/trees/691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb",
"sha": "691272480426f78a0138979dd3ce63b77f706feb"
},
"parents": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/git/commit/1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5",
"sha": "1acc419d4d6a9ce985db7be48c6349a0475975b5"
}
],
"verification": {
"verified": false,
"reason": "unsigned",
"signature": null,
"payload": null
}
}
}
See documentation on GitHub developer guides