How to find a Github file 's SHA blob
The docs for updating a file specify that you will need to provide the SHA for the file you will be replacing. The easiest way would be to query github for that, too. For example:
> curl https://api.github.com/repos/testacc01/testrepo01/contents/test.txt{ "name": "test.txt", "path": "test.txt", "sha": "4f8a0fd8ab3537b85a64dcffa1487f4196164d78", "size": 13, …
So, you can see what the SHA is in the "sha" field of the JSON response. Use that when you formulate your request to update the file with a new version. After you have successfully updated the file, the file will have a new SHA that you will need to request before it can be updated again. (Unless, I guess, your next update goes on a different branch.)
If you use GraphQL API v4, you can use the following to find the sha of a specific file :
{ repository(owner: "testacc01", name: "testrepo01") { object(expression: "master:test.txt") { ... on Blob { oid } } }}
If you don't want to hit the api, you could generate the SHA yourself. Git generates the SHA by concatenating a header in the form of blob {content.length} {null byte}
and the contents of your file. For example:
content = "what is up, doc?"header = "blob #{content.bytesize}\0"combined = header + content # will be "blob 16\u0000what is up, doc?"sha1 = Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(combined)
Source: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects