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authorJacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl>2014-08-06 14:28:22 +0200
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- `content` (required) - New file content
- `commit_message` (required) - Commit message
+If the commit fails for any reason we return a 400 error with a non-specific
+error message. Possible causes for a failed commit include:
+- the `file_path` contained `/../` (attempted directory traversal);
+- the new file contents were identical to the current file contents, i.e. the
+ user tried to make an empty commit;
+- the branch was updated by a Git push while the file edit was in progress.
+
## Delete existing file in repository
```