Function FetchRepository

api/queries_repo.go:286–316

(client *Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, fields []string)

}

func FetchRepository(client *Client, repo ghrepo.Interface, fields []string) (*Repository, error) {
	query := fmt.Sprintf(`query RepositoryInfo($owner: String!, $name: String!) {
		repository(owner: $owner, name: $name) {%s}
	}`, RepositoryGraphQL(fields))

	variables := map[string]any{
		"owner": repo.RepoOwner(),
		"name":  repo.RepoName(),
	}

	var result struct {
		Repository *Repository
	}
	if err := client.GraphQL(repo.RepoHost(), query, variables, &result); err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// The GraphQL API should have returned an error in case of a missing repository, but this isn't
	// guaranteed to happen when an authentication token with insufficient permissions is being used.
	if result.Repository == nil {
		return nil, GraphQLError{
			GraphQLError: &ghAPI.GraphQLError{
				Errors: []ghAPI.GraphQLErrorItem{{
					Type:    "NOT_FOUND",
					Message: fmt.Sprintf("Could not resolve to a Repository with the name '%s/%s'.", repo.RepoOwner(), repo.RepoName()),
				}},
			},
		}
	}

	return InitRepoHostname(result.Repository, repo.RepoHost()), nil
}

// IssueRepoInfo fetches only the repository fields needed for issue operations such as
// issue creation and transfer, avoiding fields like defaultBranchRef that require additional