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

Repositories

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
• 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"
  }
]

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 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

Compare branches, tags or commits

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

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
}]