POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts/{alert_number}/autofix/commits

Commits an autofix for a code scanning alert.

If an autofix is committed as a result of this request, then this endpoint will return a 201 Created response.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the public_repo scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
repo String Yes

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

owner String Yes

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

alert_number Integer Yes

The number that identifies an alert. You can find this at the end of the URL for a code scanning alert within GitHub, and in the number field in the response from the GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/alerts operation.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
message String No

Commit message to be used.

target_ref String No

The Git reference of target branch for the commit. Branch needs to already exist. For more information, see "Git References" in the Git documentation.

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