# GitHub Git Database API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/github/github-git-database-api/  
**Provider:** GitHub — https://apis.io/providers/github/  
**Base URL:** https://api.github.com  
**Documentation:** https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git?apiVersion=2022-11-28

GitHub Git Database API is one of 350 APIs that [GitHub](https://apis.io/providers/github/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Database, Git, and Source Control. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

The GitHub Git Database API provides low-level access to Git objects (blobs, commits, refs, tags, and trees) in a repository. It lets you read and write raw Git data directly, enabling operations like creating commits programmatically, building trees, reading blob contents, and managing references without using the higher-level repository content endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.github.com/en/rest/git

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- [GitHub Feeds API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-feeds-api/)
- [GitHub Gists API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-gists-api/)
- [GitHub Issues API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-issues-api/)
- [GitHub Licenses API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-licenses-api/)
- [GitHub Markdown API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-markdown-api/)
- [GitHub Meta API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-meta-api/)
- [GitHub Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-notifications-api/)
- [GitHub Octocat API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-octocat-api/)
- [GitHub Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-projects-api/)
- [GitHub Repos API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-repos-api/)
- [GitHub Search API](https://apis.io/apis/github/github-search-api/)

## Tags

Database, Git, Source Control

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