Create blob, create tree, and create commit APIs give 404 error when dealing with forks

[Pandapip1]

Code of Conduct

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What article on docs.github.com is affected?

https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/blobs
https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git/trees

What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?

The create blob & create tree sections.

Additional information

This is undocumented behavior.

[welcome]

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[Pandapip1]

Never mind. I can't figure out how to modify just one API endpoint's section.

[cmwilson21]

@Pandapip1 Thanks so much for opening an issue! I'll triage this for the team to take a look 👀

[Pandapip1]

By the way, in the meantime, the recommended way around this when dealing with PRs, according to GitHub support, is to:

1. Create a new temporary branch in the original repository.
2. Push the commit to that newly-created branch.
3. Change the 'to' branch of the PR to that newly-created branch.
4. Call the 'update branch' API to merge the changes from that branch (i.e. the single commit) into the PR.
5. Change the 'to' branch back to its original value
6. Delete the temporary branch.

[cmwilson21]

@Pandapip1 Thanks so much for coming back and giving us this extra context. We appreciate the update! 💖

[docubot]

Thank you for opening this issue! Updates to the REST API, GraphQL API, and webhook reference documentation must be made internally. I have copied your issue to an internal issue, so I will close this issue.