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link: Repo Commits | GitHub API
Repo Commits API
The Repo Commits API supports listing, viewing, and comparing commits in a repository.
List commits on a repository
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/commits
A special note on pagination: Due to the way Git works, commits are paginated based on SHA instead of page number. Please follow the link headers as outlined in the pagination overview instead of constructing page links yourself.
Parameters
- sha
- Optional string - Sha or branch to start listing commits from.
- path
- Optional string - Only commits containing this file path will be returned.
- author
- Optional string - GitHub login, name, or email by which to filter by commit author
- since
- Optional ISO 8601 Date - Only commits after this date will be returned
- until
- Optional ISO 8601 Date - Only commits before this date will be returned
Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999[
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"author": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"committer": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"message": "Fix all the bugs",
"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
},
"author": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"committer": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"parents": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
]
}
]Get a single commit
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/commits/:sha
Response
Status: 200 OK
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4999{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"author": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"committer": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"message": "Fix all the bugs",
"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
},
"author": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"committer": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"parents": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
],
"stats": {
"additions": 104,
"deletions": 4,
"total": 108
},
"files": [
{
"filename": "file1.txt",
"additions": 10,
"deletions": 2,
"changes": 12,
"status": "modified",
"raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
"blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/7ca483543807a51b6079e54ac4cc392bc29ae284/file1.txt",
"patch": "@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@\n....."
}
]
}Note: Diffs with binary data will have no ‘patch’ property. Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
Compare two commits
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/compare/:base...:head
Response
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic",
"permalink_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/octocat:bbcd538c8e72b8c175046e27cc8f907076331401...octocat:0328041d1152db8ae77652d1618a02e57f745f17",
"diff_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic.diff",
"patch_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/compare/master...topic.patch",
"base_commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"author": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"committer": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
"message": "Fix all the bugs",
"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
},
"author": {
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"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"committer": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"parents": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
]
},
"status": "behind",
"ahead_by": 1,
"behind_by": 2,
"total_commits": 1,
"commits": [
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"commit": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/git/commits/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"author": {
"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
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"name": "Monalisa Octocat",
"email": "support@github.com",
"date": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
},
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"tree": {
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/tree/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"sha": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e"
}
},
"author": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "somehexcode",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat"
},
"committer": {
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"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
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],
"files": [
{
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"filename": "file1.txt",
"status": "added",
"additions": 103,
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"changes": 124,
"blob_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/blob/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
"raw_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/raw/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e/file1.txt",
"patch": "@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ module Test @@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ module Test"
}
]
}Pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
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