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

List repository branches

Get a list of repository branches from a project, sorted by name alphabetically.

GET /projects/:id/repository/branches

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project

[
  {
    "name": "master",
    "commit": {
      "id": "7b5c3cc8be40ee161ae89a06bba6229da1032a0c",
      "parents": [
        {
          "id": "4ad91d3c1144c406e50c7b33bae684bd6837faf8"
        }
      ],
      "tree": "46e82de44b1061621357f24c05515327f2795a95",
      "message": "add projects API",
      "author": {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "email": "john@example.com"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "email": "john@example.com"
      },
      "authored_date": "2012-06-27T05:51:39-07:00",
      "committed_date": "2012-06-28T03:44:20-07:00"
    },
    "protected": true
  }
]

Get single repository branch

Get a single project repository branch.

GET /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch

{
  "name": "master",
  "commit": {
    "id": "7b5c3cc8be40ee161ae89a06bba6229da1032a0c",
    "parents": [
      {
        "id": "4ad91d3c1144c406e50c7b33bae684bd6837faf8"
      }
    ],
    "tree": "46e82de44b1061621357f24c05515327f2795a95",
    "message": "add projects API",
    "author": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "authored_date": "2012-06-27T05:51:39-07:00",
    "committed_date": "2012-06-28T03:44:20-07:00"
  },
  "protected": true
}

Protect repository branch

Protects a single project repository branch. This is an idempotent function, protecting an already protected repository branch still returns a 200 Ok status code.

PUT /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch/protect

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch

{
  "name": "master",
  "commit": {
    "id": "7b5c3cc8be40ee161ae89a06bba6229da1032a0c",
    "parents": [
      {
        "id": "4ad91d3c1144c406e50c7b33bae684bd6837faf8"
      }
    ],
    "tree": "46e82de44b1061621357f24c05515327f2795a95",
    "message": "add projects API",
    "author": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "authored_date": "2012-06-27T05:51:39-07:00",
    "committed_date": "2012-06-28T03:44:20-07:00"
  },
  "protected": true
}

Unprotect repository branch

Unprotects a single project repository branch. This is an idempotent function, unprotecting an already unprotected repository branch still returns a 200 Ok status code.

PUT /projects/:id/repository/branches/:branch/unprotect

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• branch (required) - The name of the branch

{
  "name": "master",
  "commit": {
    "id": "7b5c3cc8be40ee161ae89a06bba6229da1032a0c",
    "parents": [
      {
        "id": "4ad91d3c1144c406e50c7b33bae684bd6837faf8"
      }
    ],
    "tree": "46e82de44b1061621357f24c05515327f2795a95",
    "message": "add projects API",
    "author": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "committer": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "email": "john@example.com"
    },
    "authored_date": "2012-06-27T05:51:39-07:00",
    "committed_date": "2012-06-28T03:44:20-07:00"
  },
  "protected": false
}

List project repository tags

Get a list of repository tags from a project, sorted by name in reverse alphabetical order.

GET /projects/:id/repository/tags

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project

[
  {
    "name": "v1.0.0",
    "commit": {
      "id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
      "parents": [

      ],
      "tree": "38017f2f189336fe4497e9d230c5bb1bf873f08d",
      "message": "Initial commit",
      "author": {
        "name": "John Smith",
        "email": "john@example.com"
      },
      "committer": {
        "name": "Jack Smith",
        "email": "jack@example.com"
      },
      "authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
      "committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00"
    },
    "protected": null
  }
]

List repository tree

Get a list of repository files and directories in a project.

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_name (optional) - The name of a repository branch or tag or if not given the default branch

[{
  "name": "assets",
  "type": "tree",
  "mode": "040000",
  "id": "6229c43a7e16fcc7e95f923f8ddadb8281d9c6c6"
}, {
  "name": "contexts",
  "type": "tree",
  "mode": "040000",
  "id": "faf1cdf33feadc7973118ca42d35f1e62977e91f"
}, {
  "name": "controllers",
  "type": "tree",
  "mode": "040000",
  "id": "95633e8d258bf3dfba3a5268fb8440d263218d74"
}, {
  "name": "Rakefile",
  "type": "blob",
  "mode": "100644",
  "id": "35b2f05cbb4566b71b34554cf184a9d0bd9d46d6"
}, {
  "name": "VERSION",
  "type": "blob",
  "mode": "100644",
  "id": "803e4a4f3727286c3093c63870c2b6524d30ec4f"
}, {
  "name": "config.ru",
  "type": "blob",
  "mode": "100644",
  "id": "dfd2d862237323aa599be31b473d70a8a817943b"
}]

Raw file content

Get the raw file contents for a file by commit sha and path.

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

Parameters:

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

Raw blob content

Get the raw file contents for a blob by blob sha.

GET /projects/:id/repository/raw_blobs/:sha

Parameters:

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

Get file archive

Get a an archive of the repository

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