Commit Multiple Files

TOOL

Slug

GITHUB_COMMIT_MULTIPLE_FILES

Version

20261104_00

Toolkit

github

Creates, updates, or deletes repository files in a commit, with retries for non-fast-forward branch updates; a new branch in a nonempty repository requires a base branch. Empty repository initialization creates separate commits per file and may also write an initialization file t…

reporequired

STRING

Repository name (without .git extension)

force

BOOLEAN

Force update the branch reference. WARNING: Use with caution as this can overwrite commits. Only use this when you intentionally want to overwrite the branch history.

Default: false

ownerrequired

STRING

Repository owner (username or organization name)

author

OBJECT

Git author or committer information.

date

STRING

ISO 8601 timestamp for the commit (optional, defaults to current time)

namerequired

STRING

Name of the author or committer

emailrequired

STRING

Email address of the author or committer

branchrequired

STRING

Target branch name to commit to. If this branch doesn't exist, you MUST provide 'base_branch' to create it. For new feature branches (e.g., 'fix/my-fix', 'feature/new-feature'), always set base_branch='main' (or your default branch).

deletes

ARRAY<STRING>

List of file paths to delete from the repository. Files must exist in the repository; attempting to delete non-existent files will result in an error. Ensure paths are exact with no leading/trailing whitespace.

messagerequired

STRING

Commit message describing the changes

upserts

ARRAY<OBJECT>

List of files to create or update. Each entry requires path, content, and optional encoding (utf-8 or base64)

pathrequired

STRING

File path in the repository (e.g., 'src/main.py' or 'docs/readme.md')

contentrequired

STRING

File content as a string

encoding

STRING

Content encoding: 'utf-8' for text files or 'base64' for binary files

Options: utf-8, base64

Default: "utf-8"

committer

OBJECT

Git author or committer information.

date

STRING

ISO 8601 timestamp for the commit (optional, defaults to current time)

namerequired

STRING

Name of the author or committer

emailrequired

STRING

Email address of the author or committer

base_branch

STRING

REQUIRED when committing to a new branch that doesn't exist yet. Specifies the existing branch to create the new branch from (e.g., 'main' or 'master'). Not needed if 'branch' already exists in the repository.

max_retries

INTEGER

Maximum number of retries when encountering race conditions (422 'not a fast forward' errors). The action will refetch the HEAD and rebase changes on each retry. Set to 0 to disable retries.

Default: 3