gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/repositories.md

Repositories

List repository tree

Get a list of repository files and directories in a project. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

This command provides essentially the same functionality as the git ls-tree command. For more information, see the section Tree Objects in the Git internals documentation.

GET /projects/:id/repository/tree

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• path (optional) - The path inside repository. Used to get contend of subdirectories
• ref (optional) - The name of a repository branch or tag or if not given the default branch
• recursive (optional) - Boolean value used to get a recursive tree (false by default)

[
  {
    "id": "a1e8f8d745cc87e3a9248358d9352bb7f9a0aeba",
    "name": "html",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/html",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "4535904260b1082e14f867f7a24fd8c21495bde3",
    "name": "images",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/images",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "31405c5ddef582c5a9b7a85230413ff90e2fe720",
    "name": "js",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/js",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "cc71111cfad871212dc99572599a568bfe1e7e00",
    "name": "lfs",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/lfs",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "fd581c619bf59cfdfa9c8282377bb09c2f897520",
    "name": "markdown",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/markdown",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "23ea4d11a4bdd960ee5320c5cb65b5b3fdbc60db",
    "name": "ruby",
    "type": "tree",
    "path": "files/ruby",
    "mode": "040000"
  },
  {
    "id": "7d70e02340bac451f281cecf0a980907974bd8be",
    "name": "whitespace",
    "type": "blob",
    "path": "files/whitespace",
    "mode": "100644"
  }
]

Get a blob from repository

Allows you to receive information about blob in repository like size and content. Note that blob content is Base64 encoded. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

GET /projects/:id/repository/blobs/:sha

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• sha (required) - The commit or branch name

Raw blob content

Get the raw file contents for a blob by blob SHA. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

GET /projects/:id/repository/blobs/:sha/raw

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• sha (required) - The blob SHA

Get file archive

Get an archive of the repository. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

GET /projects/:id/repository/archive

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• sha (optional) - The commit SHA to download defaults to the tip of the default branch

Compare branches, tags or commits

This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

GET /projects/:id/repository/compare

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• from (required) - the commit SHA or branch name
• to (required) - the commit SHA or branch name

GET /projects/:id/repository/compare?from=master&to=feature

Response:

{
  "commit": {
    "id": "12d65c8dd2b2676fa3ac47d955accc085a37a9c1",
    "short_id": "12d65c8dd2b",
    "title": "JS fix",
    "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
    "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "created_at": "2014-02-27T10:27:00+02:00"
  },
  "commits": [{
    "id": "12d65c8dd2b2676fa3ac47d955accc085a37a9c1",
    "short_id": "12d65c8dd2b",
    "title": "JS fix",
    "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
    "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "created_at": "2014-02-27T10:27:00+02:00"
  }],
  "diffs": [{
    "old_path": "files/js/application.js",
    "new_path": "files/js/application.js",
    "a_mode": null,
    "b_mode": "100644",
    "diff": "--- a/files/js/application.js\n+++ b/files/js/application.js\n@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@\n //= require g.raphael-min\n //= require g.bar-min\n //= require branch-graph\n-//= require highlightjs.min\n-//= require ace/ace\n //= require_tree .\n //= require d3\n //= require underscore\n+\n+function fix() { \n+  alert(\"Fixed\")\n+}",
    "new_file": false,
    "renamed_file": false,
    "deleted_file": false
  }],
  "compare_timeout": false,
  "compare_same_ref": false
}

Contributors

Get repository contributors list. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.

GET /projects/:id/repository/contributors

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project

Response:

[{
  "name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
  "email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
  "commits": 117,
  "additions": 2097,
  "deletions": 517
}, {
  "name": "Jacob Vosmaer",
  "email": "contact@jacobvosmaer.nl",
  "commits": 33,
  "additions": 338,
  "deletions": 244
}]