diff --git a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/branches.ts b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/branches.ts
index 8cab89bc8f..151ec0aa72 100644
--- a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/branches.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/branches.ts
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@
  */
 
 import * as semver from 'semver';
-import {GithubClient} from '../../../utils/git/github';
+import {GithubClient, GithubRepo} from '../../../utils/git/github';
 
 /** Type describing a Github repository with corresponding API client. */
-export interface GithubRepo {
+export interface GithubRepoWithApi extends GithubRepo {
   /** API client that can access the repository. */
   api: GithubClient;
-  /** Owner login of the repository. */
-  owner: string;
-  /** Name of the repository. */
-  repo: string;
 }
 
 /** Type describing a version-branch. */
@@ -51,7 +47,7 @@ const releaseTrainBranchNameRegex = /(\d+)\.(\d+)\.x/;
  * a currently active feature-freeze/release-candidate release-train.
  */
 export async function fetchActiveReleaseTrainBranches(
-    repo: GithubRepo, nextVersion: semver.SemVer): Promise<{
+    repo: GithubRepoWithApi, nextVersion: semver.SemVer): Promise<{
   /** Release-train currently in active release-candidate/feature-freeze phase. */
   releaseCandidate: ReleaseTrain | null,
   /** Latest non-prerelease release train (i.e. for the patch branch). */
@@ -102,9 +98,9 @@ export async function fetchActiveReleaseTrainBranches(
 
 /** Gets the version of a given branch by reading the `package.json` upstream. */
 export async function getVersionOfBranch(
-    repo: GithubRepo, branchName: string): Promise<semver.SemVer> {
-  const {data} =
-      await repo.api.repos.getContents({...repo, path: '/package.json', ref: branchName});
+    repo: GithubRepoWithApi, branchName: string): Promise<semver.SemVer> {
+  const {data} = await repo.api.repos.getContents(
+      {owner: repo.owner, repo: repo.name, path: '/package.json', ref: branchName});
   const {version} = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(data.content, 'base64').toString());
   const parsedVersion = semver.parse(version);
   if (parsedVersion === null) {
@@ -136,8 +132,9 @@ export function getVersionForReleaseTrainBranch(branchName: string): semver.SemV
  * order. i.e. latest version branches first.
  */
 export async function getBranchesForMajorVersions(
-    repo: GithubRepo, majorVersions: number[]): Promise<VersionBranch[]> {
-  const {data: branchData} = await repo.api.repos.listBranches({...repo, protected: true});
+    repo: GithubRepoWithApi, majorVersions: number[]): Promise<VersionBranch[]> {
+  const {data: branchData} =
+      await repo.api.repos.listBranches({owner: repo.owner, repo: repo.name, protected: true});
   const branches: VersionBranch[] = [];
 
   for (const {name} of branchData) {
@@ -159,7 +156,7 @@ export async function getBranchesForMajorVersions(
 
 /** Finds the currently active release trains from the specified version branches. */
 export async function findActiveReleaseTrainsFromVersionBranches(
-    repo: GithubRepo, nextVersion: semver.SemVer, branches: VersionBranch[],
+    repo: GithubRepoWithApi, nextVersion: semver.SemVer, branches: VersionBranch[],
     expectedReleaseCandidateMajor: number): Promise<{
   latest: ReleaseTrain | null,
   releaseCandidate: ReleaseTrain | null,
diff --git a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/labels.ts b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/labels.ts
index 2ee896336f..09a67659b9 100644
--- a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/labels.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/labels.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {GithubClient} from '../../../utils/git/github';
 import {TargetLabel} from '../config';
 import {InvalidTargetBranchError, InvalidTargetLabelError} from '../target-label';
 
-import {fetchActiveReleaseTrainBranches, getVersionOfBranch, GithubRepo, isReleaseTrainBranch, nextBranchName} from './branches';
+import {fetchActiveReleaseTrainBranches, getVersionOfBranch, GithubRepoWithApi, isReleaseTrainBranch, nextBranchName} from './branches';
 import {assertActiveLtsBranch} from './lts-branch';
 
 /**
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {assertActiveLtsBranch} from './lts-branch';
  */
 export async function getDefaultTargetLabelConfiguration(
     api: GithubClient, github: GithubConfig, npmPackageName: string): Promise<TargetLabel[]> {
-  const repo: GithubRepo = {owner: github.owner, repo: github.name, api};
+  const repo: GithubRepoWithApi = {owner: github.owner, name: github.name, api};
   const nextVersion = await getVersionOfBranch(repo, nextBranchName);
   const hasNextMajorTrain = nextVersion.minor === 0;
   const {latest, releaseCandidate} = await fetchActiveReleaseTrainBranches(repo, nextVersion);
diff --git a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/lts-branch.ts b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/lts-branch.ts
index a259b28b8a..49073b46cf 100644
--- a/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/lts-branch.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/pr/merge/defaults/lts-branch.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import * as semver from 'semver';
 import {promptConfirm, red, warn, yellow} from '../../../utils/console';
 import {InvalidTargetBranchError} from '../target-label';
 
-import {getVersionOfBranch, GithubRepo} from './branches';
+import {getVersionOfBranch, GithubRepoWithApi} from './branches';
 
 /**
  * Number of months a major version in Angular is actively supported. See:
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ const majorActiveTermSupportDuration = 12;
  * @param branchName Branch that is checked to be an active LTS version-branch.
  * */
 export async function assertActiveLtsBranch(
-    repo: GithubRepo, representativeNpmPackage: string, branchName: string) {
+    repo: GithubRepoWithApi, representativeNpmPackage: string, branchName: string) {
   const version = await getVersionOfBranch(repo, branchName);
   const {'dist-tags': distTags, time} =
       await (await fetch(`https://registry.npmjs.org/${representativeNpmPackage}`)).json();
diff --git a/dev-infra/utils/git/github.ts b/dev-infra/utils/git/github.ts
index 158bd66775..b2aaa8b3f0 100644
--- a/dev-infra/utils/git/github.ts
+++ b/dev-infra/utils/git/github.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ import * as Octokit from '@octokit/rest';
 import {RequestParameters} from '@octokit/types';
 import {query, types} from 'typed-graphqlify';
 
+/** Interface describing a Github repository. */
+export interface GithubRepo {
+  /** Owner login of the repository. */
+  owner: string;
+  /** Name of the repository. */
+  name: string;
+}
+
 /** Error for failed Github API requests. */
 export class GithubApiRequestError extends Error {
   constructor(public status: number, message: string) {