curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/import/authors/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

# PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors/{author_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Status: Deprecated.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Map a commit author

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/import/authors/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| owner | path | string | Yes | The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive. |
| repo | path | string | Yes | The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case... |
| author_id | path | integer | Yes | path parameter author_id. |
| email | body | string | No | The new Git author email. |
| name | body | string | No | The new Git author name. |

## Response example
{"id":0,"remote_id":"string"}

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PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/import/authors/{author_id} — GitHub API

Deprecated

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Map a commit author

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/repos/example-owner/example-repo/import/authors/10' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
owner	path	string	Yes	The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repo	path	string	Yes	The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
author_id	path	integer	Yes	path parameter author_id.
email	body	string	No	The new Git author email.
name	body	string	No	The new Git author name.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "remote_id": "string",
  "remote_name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "url": "https://example.com",
  "import_url": "https://example.com"
}

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