Delete git.io shortened URL

Question

I wanted to shorten my GitHub repo's URL using git.io. I wanted a custom name but accidentally used their automatic name, which is full of random characters.

How can I revert this and get a new one?

Answer 1

If someone else created it first, it will return the existing shortened URL. So, it is currently not possible to override but you can contact GitHub support team to either remove or change it.

I discovered following trick though, you can add a harmless query param ? to make it different:

$ curl -i https://git.io -F "url=YOUR_GITHUB_URL_HERE?" -F "code=YOUR_CUSTOM_NAME"

Hope that helps.

Answer 2

Please note that as of Sep 2020 GitHub Support is no longer releasing git.io URLs:

https://github.blog/changelog/2020-09-23-git-io-urls-no-longer-released-by-github-support/