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	Commits API
List repository commits
Get a list of repository commits in a project.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
ref_name | 
string | no | The name of a repository branch or tag or if not given the default branch | 
since | 
string | no | Only commits after or on this date will be returned in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | 
until | 
string | no | Only commits before or on this date will be returned in ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ | 
path | 
string | no | The file path | 
all | 
boolean | no | Retrieve every commit from the repository | 
with_stats | 
boolean | no | Stats about each commit will be added to the response | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits"
Example response:
[
  {
    "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
    "title": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
    "author_email": "dzaporozhets@sphereconsultinginc.com",
    "authored_date": "2012-09-20T11:50:22+03:00",
    "committer_name": "Administrator",
    "committer_email": "admin@example.com",
    "committed_date": "2012-09-20T11:50:22+03:00",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T11:50:22+03:00",
    "message": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "parent_ids": [
      "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6"
    ]
  },
  {
    "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
    "short_id": "6104942438c",
    "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "author_name": "randx",
    "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "committer_name": "Dmitriy",
    "committer_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
    "message": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "parent_ids": [
      "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
    ]
  }
]
Create a commit with multiple files and actions
Introduced in GitLab 8.13.
Create a commit by posting a JSON payload
POST /projects/:id/repository/commits
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project | 
branch | 
string | yes | Name of the branch to commit into. To create a new branch, also provide start_branch. | 
commit_message | 
string | yes | Commit message | 
start_branch | 
string | no | Name of the branch to start the new commit from | 
actions[] | 
array | yes | An array of action hashes to commit as a batch. See the next table for what attributes it can take. | 
author_email | 
string | no | Specify the commit author's email address | 
author_name | 
string | no | Specify the commit author's name | 
stats | 
boolean | no | Include commit stats. Default is true | 
actions[] Attribute | 
Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
action | 
string | yes | The action to perform, create, delete, move, update, chmod | 
file_path | 
string | yes | Full path to the file. Ex. lib/class.rb | 
previous_path | 
string | no | Original full path to the file being moved. Ex. lib/class1.rb. Only considered for move action. | 
content | 
string | no | File content, required for all except delete and chmod. Optional for move | 
encoding | 
string | no | text or base64. text is default. | 
last_commit_id | 
string | no | Last known file commit id. Will be only considered in update, move and delete actions. | 
execute_filemode | 
boolean | no | When true/false enables/disables the execute flag on the file. Only considered for chmod action. | 
PAYLOAD=$(cat << 'JSON'
{
  "branch": "master",
  "commit_message": "some commit message",
  "actions": [
    {
      "action": "create",
      "file_path": "foo/bar",
      "content": "some content"
    },
    {
      "action": "delete",
      "file_path": "foo/bar2"
    },
    {
      "action": "move",
      "file_path": "foo/bar3",
      "previous_path": "foo/bar4",
      "content": "some content"
    },
    {
      "action": "update",
      "file_path": "foo/bar5",
      "content": "new content"
    },
    {
      "action": "chmod",
      "file_path": "foo/bar5",
      "execute_filemode": true
    }
  ]
}
JSON
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curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$PAYLOAD" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits
Example response:
{
  "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
  "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
  "title": "some commit message",
  "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
  "author_email": "dzaporozhets@sphereconsultinginc.com",
  "committer_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
  "committer_email": "dzaporozhets@sphereconsultinginc.com",
  "created_at": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "message": "some commit message",
  "parent_ids": [
    "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
  ],
  "committed_date": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "authored_date": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "stats": {
    "additions": 2,
    "deletions": 2,
    "total": 4
  },
  "status": null
}
Get a single commit
Get a specific commit identified by the commit hash or name of a branch or tag.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | 
stats | 
boolean | no | Include commit stats. Default is true | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master
Example response:
{
  "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
  "short_id": "6104942438c",
  "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
  "author_name": "randx",
  "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
  "committer_name": "Dmitriy",
  "committer_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
  "created_at": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
  "message": "Sanitize for network graph",
  "committed_date": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
  "authored_date": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
  "parent_ids": [
    "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
  ],
  "last_pipeline" : {
    "id": 8,
    "ref": "master",
    "sha": "2dc6aa325a317eda67812f05600bdf0fcdc70ab0"
    "status": "created"
  }
  "stats": {
    "additions": 15,
    "deletions": 10,
    "total": 25
  },
  "status": "running"
}
Get references a commit is pushed to
Introduced in GitLab 10.6
Get all references (from branches or tags) a commit is pushed to.
The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of references.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/refs
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit hash | 
type | 
string | no | The scope of commits. Possible values branch, tag, all. Default is all. | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/5937ac0a7beb003549fc5fd26fc247adbce4a52e/refs?type=all"
Example response:
[
  {"type": "branch", "name": "'test'"},
  {"type": "branch", "name": "add-balsamiq-file"},
  {"type": "branch", "name": "wip"},
  {"type": "tag", "name": "v1.1.0"}
 ]
Cherry pick a commit
Introduced in GitLab 8.15.
Cherry picks a commit to a given branch.
POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/cherry_pick
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit hash | 
branch | 
string | yes | The name of the branch | 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --form "branch=master" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/cherry_pick"
Example response:
{
  "id": "8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad",
  "short_id": "8b090c1b",
  "title": "Feature added",
  "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
  "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
  "authored_date": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "created_at": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "committer_name": "Administrator",
  "committer_email": "admin@example.com",
  "committed_date": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "title": "Feature added",
  "message": "Feature added\n\nSigned-off-by: Dmitriy Zaporozhets <dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com>\n",
  "parent_ids": [
    "a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8"
  ]
}
Revert a commit
Introduced in GitLab 11.6.
Reverts a commit in a given branch.
POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/revert
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project | 
sha | 
string | yes | Commit SHA to revert | 
branch | 
string | yes | Target branch name | 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --form "branch=master" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8/revert"
Example response:
{
  "id":"8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad",
  "short_id": "8b090c1b",
  "title":"Revert \"Feature added\"",
  "created_at":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z",
  "parent_ids":["a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8"],
  "message":"Revert \"Feature added\"\n\nThis reverts commit a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8",
  "author_name":"Administrator",
  "author_email":"admin@example.com",
  "authored_date":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z",
  "committer_name":"Administrator",
  "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
  "committed_date":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z"
}
Get the diff of a commit
Get the diff of a commit in a project.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/diff
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/diff"
Example response:
[
  {
    "diff": "--- a/doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md\n+++ b/doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md\n@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@\n sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake migrate_keys RAILS_ENV=production\n sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake migrate_inline_notes RAILS_ENV=production\n \n+sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:assets:compile RAILS_ENV=production\n+\n ```\n \n ### 6. Update config files",
    "new_path": "doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md",
    "old_path": "doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md",
    "a_mode": null,
    "b_mode": "100644",
    "new_file": false,
    "renamed_file": false,
    "deleted_file": false
  }
]
Get the comments of a commit
Get the comments of a commit in a project.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/comments
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/comments"
Example response:
[
  {
    "note": "this code is really nice",
    "author": {
      "id": 11,
      "username": "admin",
      "email": "admin@local.host",
      "name": "Administrator",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2014-03-06T08:17:35.000Z"
    }
  }
]
Post comment to commit
Adds a comment to a commit.
In order to post a comment in a particular line of a particular file, you must
specify the full commit SHA, the path, the line and line_type should be
new.
The comment will be added at the end of the last commit if at least one of the cases below is valid:
- the 
shais instead a branch or a tag and thelineorpathare invalid - the 
linenumber is invalid (does not exist) - the 
pathis invalid (does not exist) 
In any of the above cases, the response of line, line_type and path is
set to null.
POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/comments
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit SHA or name of a repository branch or tag | 
note | 
string | yes | The text of the comment | 
path | 
string | no | The file path relative to the repository | 
line | 
integer | no | The line number where the comment should be placed | 
line_type | 
string | no | The line type. Takes new or old as arguments | 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" --form "note=Nice picture man\!" --form "path=dudeism.md" --form "line=11" --form "line_type=new" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/repository/commits/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8/comments
Example response:
{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude",
      "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
      "username" : "thedude",
      "state" : "active",
      "name" : "Jeff Lebowski",
      "id" : 28
   },
   "created_at" : "2016-01-19T09:44:55.600Z",
   "line_type" : "new",
   "path" : "dudeism.md",
   "line" : 11,
   "note" : "Nice picture man!"
}
Commit status
Since GitLab 8.1, this is the new commit status API.
List the statuses of a commit
List the statuses of a commit in a project.
The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of references.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/statuses
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit SHA | 
ref | 
string | no | The name of a repository branch or tag or, if not given, the default branch | 
stage | 
string | no | Filter by build stage, e.g., test | 
name | 
string | no | Filter by job name, e.g., bundler:audit | 
all | 
boolean | no | Return all statuses, not only the latest ones | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/repository/commits/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8/statuses
Example response:
[
   ...
   {
      "status" : "pending",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-19T08:40:25.934Z",
      "started_at" : null,
      "name" : "bundler:audit",
      "allow_failure" : true,
      "author" : {
         "username" : "thedude",
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude",
         "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
         "id" : 28,
         "name" : "Jeff Lebowski"
      },
      "description" : null,
      "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
      "target_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-ce/builds/91",
      "finished_at" : null,
      "id" : 91,
      "ref" : "master"
   },
   {
      "started_at" : null,
      "name" : "test",
      "allow_failure" : false,
      "status" : "pending",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-19T08:40:25.832Z",
      "target_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-ce/builds/90",
      "id" : 90,
      "finished_at" : null,
      "ref" : "master",
      "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
      "author" : {
         "id" : 28,
         "name" : "Jeff Lebowski",
         "username" : "thedude",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude",
         "state" : "active",
         "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png"
      },
      "description" : null
   },
   ...
]
Post the build status to a commit
Adds or updates a build status of a commit.
POST /projects/:id/statuses/:sha
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit SHA | 
state | 
string | yes | The state of the status. Can be one of the following: pending, running, success, failed, canceled | 
ref | 
string | no | The ref (branch or tag) to which the status refers | 
name or context | 
string | no | The label to differentiate this status from the status of other systems. Default value is default | 
target_url | 
string | no | The target URL to associate with this status | 
description | 
string | no | The short description of the status | 
coverage | 
float | no | The total code coverage | 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/statuses/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8?state=success"
Example response:
{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude",
      "name" : "Jeff Lebowski",
      "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
      "username" : "thedude",
      "state" : "active",
      "id" : 28
   },
   "name" : "default",
   "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
   "status" : "success",
   "coverage": 100.0,
   "description" : null,
   "id" : 93,
   "target_url" : null,
   "ref" : null,
   "started_at" : null,
   "created_at" : "2016-01-19T09:05:50.355Z",
   "allow_failure" : false,
   "finished_at" : "2016-01-19T09:05:50.365Z"
}
List Merge Requests associated with a commit
Introduced in GitLab 10.7.
Get a list of Merge Requests related to the specified commit.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/merge_requests
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description | 
|---|---|---|---|
id | 
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user | 
sha | 
string | yes | The commit SHA | 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/af5b13261899fb2c0db30abdd0af8b07cb44fdc5/merge_requests"
Example response:
[
   {
      "id":45,
      "iid":1,
      "project_id":35,
      "title":"Add new file",
      "description":"",
      "state":"opened",
      "created_at":"2018-03-26T17:26:30.916Z",
      "updated_at":"2018-03-26T17:26:30.916Z",
      "target_branch":"master",
      "source_branch":"test-branch",
      "upvotes":0,
      "downvotes":0,
      "author" : {
        "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude",
        "name" : "Jeff Lebowski",
        "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/The-Big-Lebowski-400-400.png",
        "username" : "thedude",
        "state" : "active",
        "id" : 28
      },
      "assignee":null,
      "source_project_id":35,
      "target_project_id":35,
      "labels":[ ],
      "work_in_progress":false,
      "milestone":null,
      "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,
      "merge_status":"can_be_merged",
      "sha":"af5b13261899fb2c0db30abdd0af8b07cb44fdc5",
      "merge_commit_sha":null,
      "user_notes_count":0,
      "discussion_locked":null,
      "should_remove_source_branch":null,
      "force_remove_source_branch":false,
      "web_url":"http://https://gitlab.example.com/root/test-project/merge_requests/1",
      "time_stats":{
         "time_estimate":0,
         "total_time_spent":0,
         "human_time_estimate":null,
         "human_total_time_spent":null
      }
   }
]