Insert a Repository

To insert a repository, the XML that you construct should look similar to the following example.

<insertXML>
    <insert>
        <reference>RepositoryInsert</reference>
        <property name="Organization" value="OrgName"/>
        <property name="Repository" value="NewRepoName"/>
        <property name="Type" value="Repository"/>
        <xmlmetadata>
            <description>Test repository</description>
            <private>True</private>
            <team_id>1</team_id>
        </xmlmetadata>
    </insert>
</insertXML>

Properties for inserting a repository

Name Required Type Description
Organization Yes String The name of the organization in which to insert the repository.
Repository Yes String The name of the new repository.
Type Yes String To insert a repository, specify "Repository".

To configure the repository that you are creating, you can set the following fields in the document metadata. All of these metadata fields are optional. The values are used to set the corresponding parameters in the GitHub API when creating the new repository, so for more information about these parameters, refer to the GitHub API documentation.

  • description
  • homepage
  • private
  • visibility
  • has_issues
  • has_projects
  • has_wiki
  • is_template
  • team_id
  • auto_init
  • gitignore_template
  • license_template
  • allow_squash_merge
  • allow_merge_commit
  • allow_rebase_merge
  • delete_branch_on_merge