Create folder using GitHub API

Question

Is there any way to create a new folder in git repository using their API? Is it possible to do this with Trees API?

Answer 1

Yes, but you'd need to create a file in the directory because git only tracks directories with files in them.

Example:

Say we have a user called "foo" who has a repo called "bar". The repo has the following contents:

├── LICENSE
├── main.go
├── main_test.go
└── README.md

If we want to create a file in the examples directory called example.go, we would issue the following request:

PUT /repos/foo/bar/contents/examples/example.go

The template for the request to create new files is as follows:

PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/contents/:path

See http://developer.github.com/v3/repos/contents/#create-a-file