From f643c0f3fab9235ece313e9b935ae9136d2bb5ab Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hasnae Rehioui <viqueen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2023 02:07:43 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix branch protection request fields (#2977)

Fixes: #2976.
---
 github/repos.go      | 2 +-
 github/repos_test.go | 5 +----
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/github/repos.go b/github/repos.go
index e158562e69d..b16cd3b8159 100644
--- a/github/repos.go
+++ b/github/repos.go
@@ -1097,7 +1097,7 @@ type RequiredStatusChecks struct {
 	Contexts []string `json:"contexts,omitempty"`
 	// The list of status checks to require in order to merge into this
 	// branch.
-	Checks      []*RequiredStatusCheck `json:"checks"`
+	Checks      []*RequiredStatusCheck `json:"checks,omitempty"`
 	ContextsURL *string                `json:"contexts_url,omitempty"`
 	URL         *string                `json:"url,omitempty"`
 }
diff --git a/github/repos_test.go b/github/repos_test.go
index 7486e488fe6..2bdc1b4289d 100644
--- a/github/repos_test.go
+++ b/github/repos_test.go
@@ -1766,7 +1766,6 @@ func TestRepositoriesService_UpdateBranchProtection_StrictNoChecks(t *testing.T)
 			input := &ProtectionRequest{
 				RequiredStatusChecks: &RequiredStatusChecks{
 					Strict: true,
-					Checks: []*RequiredStatusCheck{},
 				},
 				RequiredPullRequestReviews: &PullRequestReviewsEnforcementRequest{
 					DismissStaleReviews: true,
@@ -1802,8 +1801,7 @@ func TestRepositoriesService_UpdateBranchProtection_StrictNoChecks(t *testing.T)
 				fmt.Fprintf(w, `{
 					"required_status_checks":{
 						"strict":true,
-						"contexts":[],
-						"checks": []
+						"contexts":[]
 					},
 					"required_pull_request_reviews":{
 						"dismissal_restrictions":{
@@ -1847,7 +1845,6 @@ func TestRepositoriesService_UpdateBranchProtection_StrictNoChecks(t *testing.T)
 				RequiredStatusChecks: &RequiredStatusChecks{
 					Strict:   true,
 					Contexts: []string{},
-					Checks:   []*RequiredStatusCheck{},
 				},
 				RequiredPullRequestReviews: &PullRequestReviewsEnforcement{
 					DismissStaleReviews: true,