Repositories Administration

Create a new repository

Create a new repository for a user or organization.

POST /admin/users/:username/repos

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Required The name of the repository
description	string	A short description of the repository
private	bool	Either true to create a private repository, or false to create a public one. Default is false
auto_init	bool	Pass true to create an initial commit with README, .gitignore and LICENSE. Default is false
gitignores	string	Desired language .gitignore templates to apply. Use the name of the templates. For example, "Go" or "Go,SublimeText".
license	string	Desired LICENSE template to apply. Use the name of the template. For example, "Apache v2 License" or "MIT License".
readme	string	Desired README template to apply. Use the name of the template. Default is Default

Example

{
  "name": "Hello-World",
  "description": "This is your first repository",
  "private": false
}

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": 27,
  "owner": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "unknwon",
    "full_name": "",
    "email": "fake@local",
    "avatar_url": "/avatars/1"
  },
  "full_name": "unknwon/Hello-World",
  "private": false,
  "fork": false,
  "html_url": "https://try.gogs.io/unknwon/Hello-World",
  "clone_url": "https://try.gogs.io/unknwon/hello-world.git",
  "ssh_url": "git@try.gogs.io:unknwon/hello-world.git",
  "permissions": {
    "admin": true,
    "push": true,
    "pull": true
  }
}