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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, tag or revision range, 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 |
first_parent |
boolean | no | Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit |
order |
string | no | List commits in order. Possible values: default , topo . Defaults to default , the commits are shown in reverse chronological order. |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "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": "Example User",
"author_email": "user@example.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"
],
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746"
},
{
"id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
"short_id": "6104942438c",
"title": "Sanitize for network graph",
"author_name": "randx",
"author_email": "user@example.com",
"committer_name": "ExampleName",
"committer_email": "user@example.com",
"created_at": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
"message": "Sanitize for network graph",
"parent_ids": [
"ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
],
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746"
}
]
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 either start_branch or start_sha , and optionally start_project . |
commit_message |
string | yes | Commit message |
start_branch |
string | no | Name of the branch to start the new branch from |
start_sha |
string | no | SHA of the commit to start the new branch from |
start_project |
integer/string | no | The project ID or URL-encoded path of the project to start the new branch from. Defaults to the value of id . |
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 |
force |
boolean | no | When true overwrites the target branch with a new commit based on the start_branch or start_sha |
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 , chmod , and move . Move actions that do not specify content will preserve the existing file content, and any other value of content will overwrite the file content. |
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=$(cat << 'JSON'
{
"branch": "master",
"commit_message": "some commit message",
"actions": [
{
"action": "create",
"file_path": "foo/bar",
"content": "some content"
},
{
"action": "delete",
"file_path": "foo/bar2"
},
{
"action": "move",
"file_path": "foo/bar3",
"previous_path": "foo/bar4",
"content": "some content"
},
{
"action": "update",
"file_path": "foo/bar5",
"content": "new content"
},
{
"action": "chmod",
"file_path": "foo/bar5",
"execute_filemode": true
}
]
}
JSON
)
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$PAYLOAD" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits
Example response:
{
"id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
"short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
"title": "some commit message",
"author_name": "Example User",
"author_email": "user@example.com",
"committer_name": "Example User",
"committer_email": "user@example.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,
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746"
}
GitLab supports form encoding. The following is an example using Commit API with form encoding:
curl --request POST \
--form "branch=master" \
--form "commit_message=some commit message" \
--form "start_branch=master" \
--form "actions[][action]=create" \
--form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar" \
--form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local.file" \
--form "actions[][action]=delete" \
--form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar2" \
--form "actions[][action]=move" \
--form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar3" \
--form "actions[][previous_path]=foo/bar4" \
--form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local1.file" \
--form "actions[][action]=update" \
--form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar5" \
--form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local2.file" \
--form "actions[][action]=chmod" \
--form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar5" \
--form "actions[][execute_filemode]=true" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
"https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits"
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: <your_access_token>" "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": "user@example.com",
"committer_name": "Dmitriy",
"committer_email": "user@example.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",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6"
}
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: <your_access_token>" "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: <your_access_token>" --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": "Example User",
"author_email": "user@example.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: Example User <user@example.com>\n",
"parent_ids": [
"a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8"
],
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad"
}
In the event of a failed cherry-pick, the response will provide context about why:
{
"message": "Sorry, we cannot cherry-pick this commit automatically. This commit may already have been cherry-picked, or a more recent commit may have updated some of its content.",
"error_code": "empty"
}
In this case, the cherry-pick failed because the changeset was empty and likely
indicates that the commit already exists in the target branch. The other
possible error code is conflict
, which indicates that there was a merge
conflict.
Revert a commit
Introduced in GitLab 11.5.
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: <your_access_token>" --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",
"web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/thedude/gitlab-foss/-/commit/8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad"
}
In the event of a failed revert, the response will provide context about why:
{
"message": "Sorry, we cannot revert this commit automatically. This commit may already have been reverted, or a more recent commit may have updated some of its content.",
"error_code": "conflict"
}
In this case, the revert failed because the attempted revert generated a merge
conflict. The other possible error code is empty
, which indicates that the
changeset was empty, likely due to the change having already been reverted.
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: <your_access_token>" "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: <your_access_token>" "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
sha
is instead a branch or a tag and theline
orpath
are invalid - the
line
number is invalid (does not exist) - the
path
is 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: <your_access_token>" --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: <your_access_token>" "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-foss/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-foss/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 |
pipeline_id |
integer | no | The ID of the pipeline to set status. Use in case of several pipeline on same SHA. |
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "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: <your_access_token>" "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,
"squash_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
}
}
]
Get GPG signature of a commit
Get the GPG signature from a commit, if it is signed. For unsigned commits, it results in a 404 response.
GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/signature
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: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits/da738facbc19eb2fc2cef57c49be0e6038570352/signature"
Example response if commit is GPG signed:
{
"signature_type": "PGP",
"verification_status": "verified",
"gpg_key_id": 1,
"gpg_key_primary_keyid": "8254AAB3FBD54AC9",
"gpg_key_user_name": "John Doe",
"gpg_key_user_email": "johndoe@example.com",
"gpg_key_subkey_id": null
}
Example response if commit is x509 signed:
{
"signature_type": "X509",
"verification_status": "unverified",
"x509_certificate": {
"id": 1,
"subject": "CN=gitlab@example.org,OU=Example,O=World",
"subject_key_identifier": "BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC",
"email": "gitlab@example.org",
"serial_number": 278969561018901340486471282831158785578,
"certificate_status": "good",
"x509_issuer": {
"id": 1,
"subject": "CN=PKI,OU=Example,O=World",
"subject_key_identifier": "AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB",
"crl_url": "http://example.com/pki.crl"
}
}
}
Example response if commit is unsigned:
{
"message": "404 GPG Signature Not Found"
}