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| author | Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl> | 2014-08-06 14:28:22 +0200 |
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| committer | Jacob Vosmaer <contact@jacobvosmaer.nl> | 2014-08-06 14:28:22 +0200 |
| commit | aa5e663f85cd7c29910c37ab9716317961c31e91 (patch) | |
| tree | 13e7892f928e56078eadf70020d41594fc19e65d /doc/api | |
| parent | 11d5ad2f17ed487ac10414c16480a23cedf60d3c (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-aa5e663f85cd7c29910c37ab9716317961c31e91.tar.gz | |
List API file edit failure conditions in docs
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/repository_files.md | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/repository_files.md b/doc/api/repository_files.md index ae56b04b6ce..e21e5aa8d72 100644 --- a/doc/api/repository_files.md +++ b/doc/api/repository_files.md @@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ Parameters: - `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 ``` |