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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 yes The ID of a project
ref_name string no The name of a repository branch or tag or if not given the default branch 
curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/repository/commits"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
    "title": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "author_name": "Dmitriy Zaporozhets",
    "author_email": "dzaporozhets@sphereconsultinginc.com",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T11:50:22+03:00",
    "message": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "allow_failure": false
  },
  {
    "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
    "short_id": "6104942438c",
    "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "author_name": "randx",
    "author_email": "dmitriy.zaporozhets@gmail.com",
    "created_at": "2012-09-20T09:06:12+03:00",
    "message": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "allow_failure": false
  }
]

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 yes The ID of a project
sha string yes The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag 
curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/repository/commits/master

Example response:

{
  "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
  "short_id": "6104942438c",
  "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
  "author_name": "randx",
  "author_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"
  ],
  "status": "running"
}

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 yes The ID of a project
sha string yes The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag 
curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/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 assets:precompile 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 yes The ID of a project
sha string yes The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag 
curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/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 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 yes The ID of a project
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 -X POST -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" -F "note=Nice picture man\!" -F "path=dudeism.md" -F "line=11" -F "line_type=new" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/17/repository/commits/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8/comments

Example response:

{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/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. The documentation in ci/api/commits is deprecated.

Get the status of a commit

Get the statuses of a commit in a project.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/statuses
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
sha string yes The commit SHA
ref_name 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 -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/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/u/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" : "flay",
      "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/u/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 yes The ID of a project
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 
curl -X POST -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/17/statuses/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8?state=success"

Example response:

{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/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",
   "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"
}