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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +kind:change |
| 3 | +title:Automatic redirects for renamed repositories |
| 4 | +created_at:2015-07-21 |
| 5 | +author_name:jasonrudolph |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +To help API clients gracefully handle renamed repositories, the API now[automatically redirects to the repository’s new location][original-announcement]. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +Our thanks goes out to everyone that tried out this enhancement[during the preview period][original-announcement]. During the preview period, you needed to[provide a custom media type in the`Accept` header][preview-media-type] to opt-in to the redirects. Now that the preview period has ended, you no longer need to specify this custom[media type][]. |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +To learn more about these redirects and how they benefit your applications, be sure to check out the[preview period announcement][original-announcement]. As always, if you have any questions, we're[here to help][contact]. |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +[contact]:https://github.com/contact?form%5Bsubject%5D=API+Repository+Redirects |
| 15 | +[media type]:/v3/media/ |
| 16 | +[original-announcement]:/changes/2015-04-17-preview-repository-redirects/ |
| 17 | +[preview-media-type]:/changes/2015-04-17-preview-repository-redirects/#how-can-i-try-out-the-redirects |