Delete Branch
Delete a branch from the repository. The default branch is protected and cannot be deleted through this endpoint.
JWT claims
Required scopes: git:write
Requires per repo scope: Yes
Deprecated: Use /api/repos/{repo_name}/branches instead.
Authorizations
JWT bearer token signed with your organization's registered signing key. There is no OAuth authorization server; you mint tokens yourself and the token's scopes claim carries the granted permission scopes. Public scopes: git:read (read repository contents), git:write (write branches, commits, tags, and notes), repo:write (create and manage repositories), org:read (list an organization's repositories). Each operation's security requirement names the scopes it requires. See https://code.storage/docs/getting-started/authentication for how to mint tokens.
Body
Delete a branch by name. The server resolves the current branch tip before deleting, so the caller does not need the branch SHA.
Branch deletion request identifying the branch to remove.
Delete the branch from the ephemeral namespace instead of the default namespace.
false
Deprecated: use target_branch. Branch name to delete.
"feature/old-onboarding"
Branch name to delete. Must not start with refs/. Provide target_branch or the deprecated name.
"feature/old-onboarding"
Response
Branch deletion result.
Result of deleting a branch.
Whether the deleted branch lived in the ephemeral namespace.
false
Human-readable result message.
"branch deleted"
Deprecated: use target_branch. Deleted branch name.
"feature/old-onboarding"
Deleted branch name.
"feature/old-onboarding"