---
title: "Merge a branch from upstream"
method: POST
path: "/repos/{owner}/{repo}/merge-upstream"
tags: ["repository"]
---

# Merge a branch from upstream

`POST /repos/{owner}/{repo}/merge-upstream`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://demo.gitea.com/api/v1/repos/{owner}/{repo}/merge-upstream`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - API key in query parameter `token`
  - API key in query parameter `access_token`
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - API key in query parameter `sudo`
  - API key in header `Sudo`
  - API key in header `X-GITEA-OTP`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/docs/repos/:owner/:repo/merge-upstream/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `owner` string, required
- `repo` string, required

## Request body

- MergeUpstreamRequest
  - `branch` string
  - `ff_only` boolean

## Response `200`

- MergeUpstreamResponse
  - `merge_type` string

## Other responses

- `default`: APIError is error format response

## Changes

- **2026-10-28** `7ef50c4c527f`: 3 info
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `404`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `409`
- **2026-10-07** `b0b1b4890863`: 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
- **2025-05-20** `4ff3544d6eb3`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/gitea/apis/gitea-api/changes/repos/:owner/:repo/merge-upstream/post.md)

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