Deleting or renaming files in a multi-file Gist using Github API #24775

vadimkantorov · 2021-03-27T12:53:25Z

vadimkantorov
Mar 27, 2021

The docs at Gists - GitHub Docs mention that PATCH method can be used for update or delete a gist file and rename gist files.

How do I express deleting a file inside a Gist? Should I specify content : null?
How do I express renaming a file?

Answered by UziTech

How do I express deleting a file inside a Gist?

Delete a file by setting content to an empty string ("").

{
  "files": {
    "deleteme.md": {
      "content": ""
    }
  }
}

or not setting any properties.

{
  "files": {
    "deleteme.md": {}
  }
}

How do I express renaming a file?

Rename a file by setting the filename property.

{
  "files": {
    "renameme.md": {
      "filename": "renamed.md"
    }
  }
}

UziTech · 2021-04-21T18:59:07Z

How do I express deleting a file inside a Gist?

Delete a file by setting content to an empty string ("").

{
  "files": {
    "deleteme.md": {
      "content": ""
    }
  }
}

or not setting any properties.

{
  "files": {
    "deleteme.md": {}
  }
}

How do I express renaming a file?

Rename a file by setting the filename property.

{
  "files": {
    "renameme.md": {
      "filename": "renamed.md"
    }
  }
}

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