Authorization requires the followingIAMpermission on the specified resourcename:
dataform.repositories.delete
Query parameters
Parameters
force
boolean
Optional. If set to true, child resources of this repository (compilation results and workflow invocations) will also be deleted. Otherwise, the request will only succeed if the repository has no child resources.
Note:This flag doesn't support deletion of workspaces, release configs or workflow configs. If any of such resources exists in the repository, the request will fail..
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body is an empty JSON object.
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