Updated on 2026-04-10 GMT+08:00

Modifying Repository File Contents

Function

This API is used to modify repository file contents.

Debugging

You can debug this API in API Explorer which supports automatic authentication. API Explorer automatically generates sample SDK code and provides the debug function.

Authorization Information

Each account has all of the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.

If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions and Supported Actions.
If you are using identity policy-based authorization, no identity policy-based permissions are required for calling this API.

URI

PUT /v1/{project_id}/git/files/{namespace}/{project}/{path}

**Table 1** Path parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition Tenant's project ID. See Obtaining a Project ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
namespace	Yes	String	Definition Namespace ID or URL code name. See Obtaining a Repository Namespace. Range N/A Default Value N/A
project	Yes	String	Definition Repository project ID. If the value contains a slash (/), replace it with a colon (:). See Obtaining All Projects in a Namespace. Range N/A Default Value N/A
path	Yes	String	Definition File path. If the value contains a slash (/), replace it with a colon (:). See Obtaining a Repository File Directory. Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 2** Query parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
ref	Yes	String	Definition Branch name, tag name, or commit SHA value. Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request

**Table 3** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
Content-Type	Yes	String	Definition Message body type (or format). Constraints N/A Range application/json;charset=utf8 Default Value N/A
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition API calling can be authenticated using a token or AK/SK. If you use a token, this parameter is mandatory and must be set to the token. For details about how to obtain the token, see Authentication. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
X-Repo-Auth	Yes	String	Definition Authorization name. See Obtaining a Git Repository Authorization List. Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 4** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
message	Yes	String	Definition Description. Range N/A Default Value N/A
content	Yes	String	Definition File content after Base64 encoding. Range N/A Default Value N/A
sha	Yes	String	Definition Blob SHA of a file, which can be obtained through Obtaining Repository File Contents. Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response

**Table 5** Response parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
path	String	Definition File path. Range N/A

Example Request

Modify repository file contents.

{
  "message": "update file",
  "content": "IyA9PSBTY2hlbWEgSW5mb3...",
  "sha": "4c294617b60715c1d218e61164a3abd4808a4284cbc30e6728a01ad9aada4481"
}

Example Response

{
  "path": "app/project.rb"
}

Status Code

Status Code	Description
200	OK
400	Bad Request

Error Code

See ServiceStage Error Codes.

Parent topic: Git Repository Access APIs