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