> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://code.storage/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 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. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.pierre.code.storage/api/openapi.json delete /api/v1/repos/branches openapi: 3.1.0 info: description: >- The Code Storage HTTP API exposes repository management, Git reads, and write workflows over plain HTTPS. ## Authentication Send a signed JWT in the `Authorization: Bearer ` header on every request. - Organisation-scoped endpoints such as `GET /api/repos` require organisation scopes like `org:read` - Repository-scoped endpoints require a JWT whose `repo` claim names the target repository - Write operations require the relevant scope such as `git:write` or `repo:write` ## Pagination List endpoints use cursor-based pagination. - `cursor` is an opaque token returned by the previous response - `limit` defaults to `20` and is capped per endpoint - `has_more` tells you whether another request is available - `next_cursor` becomes the next `cursor` value ## Paths Preferred routes use the shorter `/api/...` form. Legacy `/api/v1/...` aliases remain documented where they are still supported and are marked as deprecated when a preferred route exists. ## Repository names in paths - Names containing `/` (or any other character that is not safe in a URL path segment) **must** be URL encoded so the value occupies a single path segment. For example, `pierre/example` becomes `pierre%2Fexample` and the request URL is `/api/repos/pierre%2Fexample/...`. - Plain names that contain only URL-safe characters can be sent as-is: `/api/repos/dotfiles/...`. - The server URL-decodes the value before resolving the repository, so double-encoding is not required. ## Errors Most endpoints return RFC 9457-compatible problem details under `application/problem+json`, with a legacy `error` field mirrored from `detail`. Streaming commit and note workflows may return operation-specific failure bodies so callers can inspect partial results, branch state, or workflow status without parsing generic error strings. title: code.storage version: 1.0.0 servers: - description: Code Storage tenant cluster url: https://api.{cluster}.code.storage variables: cluster: default: cluster description: >- Tenant cluster identifier (e.g. pierre-dev, pierre-staging, pierre-prod). security: [] tags: - description: Create, inspect, update, delete, and synchronise repositories. name: Repositories - description: Create, delete, list, and compare branches. name: Branches - description: >- Read commit metadata and diffs, or create commits without a local Git client. name: Commits - description: >- Read repository trees, file contents, archives, and server-side search results. name: Files - description: List, create, and delete Git tags. name: Tags - description: Attach and retrieve Git notes for commits or other Git objects. name: Notes - description: >- Trigger upstream synchronisation for repositories backed by an external source. name: Sync - description: Manage generic HTTPS Git credentials for non-GitHub upstreams. name: Credentials paths: /api/v1/repos/branches: delete: tags: - Branches summary: Delete Branch description: >- 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. operationId: delete_branch_legacy requestBody: content: application/json: example: ephemeral: false name: feature/old-onboarding schema: additionalProperties: false description: Branch deletion request identifying the branch to remove. properties: ephemeral: description: >- Delete branch from the ephemeral namespace instead of the persistent one. examples: - false type: boolean name: description: Branch name to delete. Must not start with refs/. examples: - feature/old-onboarding type: string required: - name type: object description: >- Delete a branch by name. The server resolves the current branch tip before deleting, so the caller does not need the branch SHA. required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: example: ephemeral: false message: branch deleted name: feature/old-onboarding schema: additionalProperties: false description: Result of deleting a branch. properties: ephemeral: description: >- Whether the deleted branch lived in the ephemeral namespace. examples: - false type: boolean message: description: Human-readable result message. examples: - branch deleted type: string name: description: Deleted branch name. examples: - feature/old-onboarding type: string required: - name - ephemeral - message type: object description: Branch deletion result. '400': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Bad Request '401': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Unauthorized '403': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Forbidden '404': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Not Found '409': content: application/json: example: detail: cannot delete the default branch error: cannot delete the default branch instance: /api/repos/dotfiles/branches status: 409 title: Conflict type: about:blank schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: example: detail: cannot delete the default branch error: cannot delete the default branch instance: /api/repos/dotfiles/branches status: 409 title: Conflict type: about:blank schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: >- The branch could not be deleted because it is the repository default branch. '429': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Too Many Requests '500': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Internal Server Error '503': content: application/json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object application/problem+json: schema: additionalProperties: false description: >- RFC 9457-compatible problem details payload describing the error response. properties: detail: description: >- A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem. type: string error: description: >- Legacy compatibility field mirroring `detail` for older clients. type: string instance: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. type: string status: description: >- The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem. format: int64 type: integer title: description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. type: string type: description: >- A URI reference that identifies the problem type. `about:blank` indicates the generic HTTP status semantics apply. type: string required: - type - title - status type: object description: Service Unavailable deprecated: true security: - bearerAuth: [] components: securitySchemes: bearerAuth: bearerFormat: JWT scheme: bearer type: http ````