# 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "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][ce-6096] 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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. | ```bash PAYLOAD=$(cat << 'JSON' { "branch": "master", "commit_message": "some commit message", "actions": [ { "action": "create", "file_path": "foo/bar", "content": "some content" }, { "action": "delete", "file_path": "foo/bar2" }, { "action": "move", "file_path": "foo/bar3", "previous_path": "foo/bar4", "content": "some content" }, { "action": "update", "file_path": "foo/bar5", "content": "new content" }, { "action": "chmod", "file_path": "foo/bar5", "execute_filemode": true } ] } JSON ) curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data "$PAYLOAD" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits ``` Example response: ```json { "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 } ``` GitLab supports [form encoding](README.md#encoding-api-parameters-of-array-and-hash-types). The following is an example using Commit API with form encoding: ```bash 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]=" \ "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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master ``` Example response: ```json { "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][ce-15026] 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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`. | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/5937ac0a7beb003549fc5fd26fc247adbce4a52e/refs?type=all" ``` Example response: ```json [ {"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][ce-8047] 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | `sha` | string | yes | The commit hash | | `branch` | string | yes | The name of the branch | ```bash curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " --form "branch=master" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/cherry_pick" ``` Example response: ```json { "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 \n", "parent_ids": [ "a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8" ] } ``` ## Revert a commit > [Introduced][ce-22919] 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) | | `sha` | string | yes | Commit SHA to revert | | `branch` | string | yes | Target branch name | ```bash curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " --form "branch=master" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8/revert" ``` Example response: ```json { "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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | `sha` | string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/diff" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | `sha` | string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master/comments" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "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 the `line` or `path` 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 | ```bash curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-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: ```json { "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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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](../ci/yaml/README.md#stages), e.g., `test` | `name` | string | no | Filter by [job name](../ci/yaml/README.md#introduction), e.g., `bundler:audit` | `all` | boolean | no | Return all statuses, not only the latest ones ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/repository/commits/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8/statuses ``` Example response: ```json [ ... { "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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) 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 ```bash curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/statuses/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8?state=success" ``` Example response: ```json { "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][ce-18004] 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | `sha` | string | yes | The commit SHA ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/af5b13261899fb2c0db30abdd0af8b07cb44fdc5/merge_requests" ``` Example response: ```json [ { "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 } } ] ``` ## Get GPG signature of a commit Get the [GPG signature from a commit](../user/project/repository/gpg_signed_commits/index.md), 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](README.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user | `sha` | string | yes | The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag | ```bash curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: " "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits/da738facbc19eb2fc2cef57c49be0e6038570352/signature" ``` Example response if commit is signed: ```json { "gpg_key_id": 1, "gpg_key_primary_keyid": "8254AAB3FBD54AC9", "gpg_key_user_name": "John Doe", "gpg_key_user_email": "johndoe@example.com", "verification_status": "verified", "gpg_key_subkey_id": null } ``` Example response if commit is unsigned: ```json { "message": "404 GPG Signature Not Found" } ``` [ce-6096]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/6096 "Multi-file commit" [ce-8047]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/8047 [ce-15026]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/15026 [ce-18004]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/18004 [ce-22919]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/merge_requests/22919