Project remote mirrors API

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Push mirrors defined on a project's repository settings are called "remote mirrors". You can query and modify the state of these mirrors with the remote mirror API.

For security reasons, the url attribute in the API response is always scrubbed of username and password information.

NOTE: Pull mirrors use a different API endpoint to display and update them.

List a project's remote mirrors

Returns an array of remote mirrors and their statuses:

GET /projects/:id/remote_mirrors

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors"

Example response:

[
  {
    "enabled": true,
    "id": 101486,
    "auth_method": "ssh_public_key",
    "last_error": null,
    "last_successful_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
    "last_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
    "last_update_started_at": "2020-01-06T17:31:55.864Z",
    "only_protected_branches": true,
    "keep_divergent_refs": true,
    "update_status": "finished",
    "url": "https://*****:*****@gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab.git"
  }
]

Get a single project's remote mirror

Returns a remote mirror and its statuses:

GET /projects/:id/remote_mirrors/:mirror_id

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors/101486"

Example response:

{
  "enabled": true,
  "id": 101486,
  "last_error": null,
  "last_successful_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
  "last_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
  "last_update_started_at": "2020-01-06T17:31:55.864Z",
  "only_protected_branches": true,
  "keep_divergent_refs": true,
  "update_status": "finished",
  "url": "https://*****:*****@gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab.git"
}

Create a pull mirror

Learn how to configure a pull mirror using the Projects API.

Create a push mirror

Field mirror_branch_regex introduced in GitLab 15.8 with a flag named mirror_only_branches_match_regex. Disabled by default.

Enabled by default in GitLab 16.0.

Generally available in GitLab 16.2. Feature flag mirror_only_branches_match_regex removed.

Field auth_method introduced in GitLab 16.10.

Push mirroring is disabled by default. To enable it, include the optional parameter enabled when you create the mirror:

POST /projects/:id/remote_mirrors

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`url`	String	yes	The target URL to which the repository is mirrored.
`enabled`	Boolean	no	Determines if the mirror is enabled.
`keep_divergent_refs`	Boolean	no	Determines if divergent refs are skipped.
`only_protected_branches`	Boolean	no	Determines if only protected branches are mirrored.
`mirror_branch_regex`	String	no	Contains a regular expression. Only branches with names matching the regex are mirrored. Requires `only_protected_branches` to be disabled. Premium and Ultimate only.
`auth_method`	String	no	Determines the mirror authentication method (`ssh_public_key` or `password`).

Example request:

curl --request POST --data "url=https://username:token@example.com/gitlab/example.git" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors"

Example response:

{
    "enabled": false,
    "id": 101486,
    "auth_method": "password",
    "last_error": null,
    "last_successful_update_at": null,
    "last_update_at": null,
    "last_update_started_at": null,
    "only_protected_branches": false,
    "keep_divergent_refs": false,
    "update_status": "none",
    "url": "https://*****:*****@example.com/gitlab/example.git"
}

Update a remote mirror's attributes

Field auth_method introduced in GitLab 16.10.

Toggle a remote mirror on or off, or change which types of branches are mirrored:

PUT /projects/:id/remote_mirrors/:mirror_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`mirror_id`	Integer	yes	The remote mirror ID.
`enabled`	Boolean	no	Determines if the mirror is enabled.
`keep_divergent_refs`	Boolean	no	Determines if divergent refs are skipped.
`only_protected_branches`	Boolean	no	Determines if only protected branches are mirrored.
`mirror_branch_regex`	String	no	Determines if only the branch whose name matches the regex is mirrored. It does not work with `only_protected_branches` enabled. Premium and Ultimate only.
`auth_method`	String	no	Determines the mirror authentication method (`ssh_public_key` or `password`).

Example request:

curl --request PUT --data "enabled=false" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors/101486"

Example response:

{
    "enabled": false,
    "id": 101486,
    "auth_method": "password",
    "last_error": null,
    "last_successful_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
    "last_update_at": "2020-01-06T17:32:02.823Z",
    "last_update_started_at": "2020-01-06T17:31:55.864Z",
    "only_protected_branches": true,
    "keep_divergent_refs": true,
    "update_status": "finished",
    "url": "https://*****:*****@gitlab.com/gitlab-org/security/gitlab.git"
}

Force push mirror update

Introduced in GitLab 16.11.

Force an update to a push mirror.

POST /projects/:id/remote_mirrors/:mirror_id/sync

Supported attributes:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer or string	Yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`mirror_id`	Integer	Yes	The remote mirror ID.

If successful, returns 204.

Example request:

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors/101486/sync"

Example response:

An empty response with a HTTP response code 204.

Delete a remote mirror

Delete a remote mirror.

DELETE /projects/:id/remote_mirrors/:mirror_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`mirror_id`	Integer	yes	Remote mirror ID.

Example request:

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/42/remote_mirrors/101486"