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Defame1297 0f2bb242ad chore(plugins): sync generated content mirrors
Regenerates `plugins/*/skills`, `plugins/*/agents`, both per-plugin `plugin.json` manifests and the
two marketplace mirrors from `.apm/` per ADR-0017, via `scripts/sync-plugin-content.sh --all`.

The manifests matter beyond tidiness here: `plugin.json` carries the plugin version and wins over
the marketplace entry at install time (calculatePluginVersion precedence). Until this ran, the patch
bumps in the preceding commit were inert for anyone installing these plugins.

ADR: 0017
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---
topic: branches
source_keys:
- gitea-mcp-repo
- gitea-mcp-slim-go
---
# Branch operations
Call signatures below were verified live against the deployed `gitea-mcp` server via `ToolSearch`,
not copied from research docs — this is deliberate: research docs are generated from source code at
a point in time and can drift from the server actually deployed. **Last verified against gitea-mcp
v1.7.0**, as reported by `get_gitea_mcp_server_version`. Re-verify against the live schema if the
deployed version differs or these tools behave differently than documented here.
## `list_branches`
**Parameters:**
- `owner` (string, required)
- `repo` (string, required)
- `page` (number, optional, default: `1`)
- `per_page` (number, optional, default: `30`)
**Call:**
```text
list_branches owner: <owner> repo: <repo>
```
**Response:** one object per branch: `name`, `protected` (bool), `commit_sha` (present when the
underlying commit data is available).
Paginate if you need the full list (see Gotchas in SKILL.md) — iterate `page` until the returned
count is less than `per_page`.
## `create_branch`
**Parameters:**
- `owner` (string, required)
- `repo` (string, required)
- `branch` (string, required) — new branch name
- `old_branch` (string, optional) — source branch; if omitted, defaults to the repo's default
branch server-side (not necessarily your current local checkout)
**Call:**
```text
create_branch owner: <owner> repo: <repo> branch: <new-name> old_branch: <source-branch>
```
Default dispatch: if the user gives a base ("branch off of X", "from X"), pass it as `old_branch`.
If they don't specify a base and you're mid-task on a local branch, pass your current branch
(`rtk git branch --show-current`) as `old_branch` so the new branch forks from where you're actually
working, rather than silently falling back to the repo default. If neither applies (e.g. a fresh
top-level request with no working branch context), omit `old_branch` and let it default server-side.
A branch name collision returns `409 Conflict`.
## `rename_branch`
**Parameters:**
- `owner` (string, required)
- `repo` (string, required)
- `branch` (string, required) — the branch's current name
- `new_name` (string, required) — the name to move it to
**Call:**
```text
rename_branch owner: <owner> repo: <repo> branch: <current-name> new_name: <new-name>
```
A rename moves the ref server-side; it is not a delete-plus-create, and no commit history is
rewritten. What it does to things *pointing at* the old name — open pull requests using it as head or
base, a branch protection rule matching it, CI config, and tracking branches on every other clone —
is **not confirmed** by this skill's sources: the deployed tool describes itself only as "Rename an
existing branch in a repository". Treat a rename of a branch with open PRs or a protection rule as a
change needing verification afterward (`list_branches`, plus `gitea-prs` for the PR side), and
confirm with the user first, exactly as for `delete_branch` below. A collision with an existing
branch name is expected to return `409 Conflict` by analogy with `create_branch`, not separately
confirmed.
## `delete_branch`
**Parameters:**
- `owner` (string, required)
- `repo` (string, required)
- `branch` (string, required)
**Call:**
```text
delete_branch owner: <owner> repo: <repo> branch: <name>
```
Before calling this, see the `delete_branch` Gotcha in SKILL.md. If the target branch's name isn't
obviously a scratch/feature branch, call `list_branches` first and check `protected` on the
matching entry — name-matching `main`/`master` alone isn't authoritative, since a repo can protect
a differently-named default branch. Confirm explicitly with the user before deleting anything
protected, every time, regardless of how the request is phrased.
## Token scope
`list_branches`, `create_branch` and `delete_branch` all require `write:repository`. Gitea
gates reads behind write scope for repo-scoped operations, so `list_branches` needs the same scope
as the write operations, not `write:issue` alone. An earlier version of this doc claimed
`write:issue` alone was sufficient for `list_branches`, based on empirical testing under a token
that held both `write:issue` and `write:repository` simultaneously — that test didn't isolate the
variable, so it couldn't actually establish `write:issue` alone as sufficient.
`rename_branch` is a write on the same repo-scoped surface and is inferred to need `write:repository`
too — inferred by analogy, not separately confirmed.