Commits API

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This API operates on repository commits. Read more about GitLab-specific information for commits.

Responses

Some date fields in responses from this API are, or can appear to be, duplicated information:

The created_at field exists solely for consistency with other GitLab APIs. It is always identical to the committed_date field.
The committed_date and authored_date fields are generated from different sources, and may not be identical.

List repository commits

History

Get a list of repository commits in a project.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`ref_name`	string	no	The name of a repository branch, tag or revision range, or if not given the default branch
`since`	string	no	Only commits after or on this date are returned in ISO 8601 format `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`
`until`	string	no	Only commits before or on this date are returned in ISO 8601 format `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`
`path`	string	no	The file path
`author`	string	no	Search commits by commit author.
`all`	boolean	no	Retrieve every commit from the repository
`with_stats`	boolean	no	Stats about each commit are added to the response
`first_parent`	boolean	no	Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit
`order`	string	no	List commits in order. Possible values: `default`, `topo`. Defaults to `default`, the commits are shown in reverse chronological order.
`trailers`	boolean	no	Parse and include Git trailers for every commit

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
    "title": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "author_name": "Example User",
    "author_email": "user@example.com",
    "authored_date": "2021-09-20T11:50:22.001+00:00",
    "committer_name": "Administrator",
    "committer_email": "admin@example.com",
    "committed_date": "2021-09-20T11:50:22.001+00:00",
    "created_at": "2021-09-20T11:50:22.001+00:00",
    "message": "Replace sanitize with escape once",
    "parent_ids": [
      "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6"
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "trailers": {},
    "extended_trailers": {}
  },
  {
    "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
    "short_id": "6104942438c",
    "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
    "author_name": "randx",
    "author_email": "user@example.com",
    "committer_name": "ExampleName",
    "committer_email": "user@example.com",
    "created_at": "2021-09-20T09:06:12.201+00:00",
    "message": "Sanitize for network graph\nCc: John Doe <johndoe@gitlab.com>\nCc: Jane Doe <janedoe@gitlab.com>",
    "parent_ids": [
      "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
    ],
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
    "trailers": { "Cc": "Jane Doe <janedoe@gitlab.com>" },
    "extended_trailers": { "Cc": ["John Doe <johndoe@gitlab.com>", "Jane Doe <janedoe@gitlab.com>"] }
  }
]

Create a commit with multiple files and actions

Create a commit by posting a JSON payload

POST /projects/:id/repository/commits

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`branch`	string	yes	Name of the branch to commit into. To create a new branch, also provide either `start_branch` or `start_sha`, and optionally `start_project`.
`commit_message`	string	yes	Commit message
`start_branch`	string	no	Name of the branch to start the new branch from
`start_sha`	string	no	SHA of the commit to start the new branch from
`start_project`	integer/string	no	The project ID or URL-encoded path of the project to start the new branch from. Defaults to the value of `id`.
`actions[]`	array	yes	An array of action hashes to commit as a batch. See the next table for what attributes it can take.
`author_email`	string	no	Specify the commit author’s email address
`author_name`	string	no	Specify the commit author’s name
`stats`	boolean	no	Include commit stats. Default is true
`force`	boolean	no	When `true` overwrites the target branch with a new commit based on the `start_branch` or `start_sha`

`actions[]` Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`action`	string	yes	The action to perform: `create`, `delete`, `move`, `update`, or `chmod`.
`file_path`	string	yes	Full path to the file. For example: `lib/class.rb`.
`previous_path`	string	no	Original full path to the file being moved. For example `lib/class1.rb`. Only considered for `move` action.
`content`	string	no	File content, required for all except `delete`, `chmod`, and `move`. Move actions that do not specify `content` preserve the existing file content, and any other value of `content` overwrites the file content.
`encoding`	string	no	`text` or `base64`. `text` is default.
`last_commit_id`	string	no	Last known file commit ID. Only considered in update, move, and delete actions.
`execute_filemode`	boolean	no	When `true/false` enables/disables the execute flag on the file. Only considered for `chmod` action.

PAYLOAD=$(cat << 'JSON'
{
  "branch": "main",
  "commit_message": "some commit message",
  "actions": [
    {
      "action": "create",
      "file_path": "foo/bar",
      "content": "some content"
    },
    {
      "action": "delete",
      "file_path": "foo/bar2"
    },
    {
      "action": "move",
      "file_path": "foo/bar3",
      "previous_path": "foo/bar4",
      "content": "some content"
    },
    {
      "action": "update",
      "file_path": "foo/bar5",
      "content": "new content"
    },
    {
      "action": "chmod",
      "file_path": "foo/bar5",
      "execute_filemode": true
    }
  ]
}
JSON
)
curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data "$PAYLOAD" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits"

Example response:

{
  "id": "ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746",
  "short_id": "ed899a2f4b5",
  "title": "some commit message",
  "author_name": "Example User",
  "author_email": "user@example.com",
  "committer_name": "Example User",
  "committer_email": "user@example.com",
  "created_at": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "message": "some commit message",
  "parent_ids": [
    "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
  ],
  "committed_date": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "authored_date": "2016-09-20T09:26:24.000-07:00",
  "stats": {
    "additions": 2,
    "deletions": 2,
    "total": 4
  },
  "status": null,
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/ed899a2f4b50b4370feeea94676502b42383c746"
}

GitLab supports form encoding. The following is an example using Commit API with form encoding:

curl --request POST \
     --form "branch=main" \
     --form "commit_message=some commit message" \
     --form "start_branch=main" \
     --form "actions[][action]=create" \
     --form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar" \
     --form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local.file" \
     --form "actions[][action]=delete" \
     --form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar2" \
     --form "actions[][action]=move" \
     --form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar3" \
     --form "actions[][previous_path]=foo/bar4" \
     --form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local1.file" \
     --form "actions[][action]=update" \
     --form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar5" \
     --form "actions[][content]=</path/to/local2.file" \
     --form "actions[][action]=chmod" \
     --form "actions[][file_path]=foo/bar5" \
     --form "actions[][execute_filemode]=true" \
     --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
     "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits"

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/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag
`stats`	boolean	no	Include commit stats. Default is true

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/main"

Example response:

{
  "id": "6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6",
  "short_id": "6104942438c",
  "title": "Sanitize for network graph",
  "author_name": "randx",
  "author_email": "user@example.com",
  "committer_name": "Dmitriy",
  "committer_email": "user@example.com",
  "created_at": "2021-09-20T09:06:12.300+03:00",
  "message": "Sanitize for network graph",
  "committed_date": "2021-09-20T09:06:12.300+03:00",
  "authored_date": "2021-09-20T09:06:12.420+03:00",
  "parent_ids": [
    "ae1d9fb46aa2b07ee9836d49862ec4e2c46fbbba"
  ],
  "last_pipeline" : {
    "id": 8,
    "ref": "main",
    "sha": "2dc6aa325a317eda67812f05600bdf0fcdc70ab0",
    "status": "created"
  },
  "stats": {
    "additions": 15,
    "deletions": 10,
    "total": 25
  },
  "status": "running",
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/6104942438c14ec7bd21c6cd5bd995272b3faff6"
}

Get references a commit is pushed to

Get all references (from branches or tags) a commit is pushed to. The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of references.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/refs

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash
`type`	string	no	The scope of commits. Possible values `branch`, `tag`, `all`. Default is `all`.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/5937ac0a7beb003549fc5fd26fc247adbce4a52e/refs?type=all"

Example response:

[
  {"type": "branch", "name": "'test'"},
  {"type": "branch", "name": "add-balsamiq-file"},
  {"type": "branch", "name": "wip"},
  {"type": "tag", "name": "v1.1.0"}
 ]

Get the sequence of a commit

History

Get the sequence number of a commit in a project by following the parent links from the given commit.

This API provides essentially the same features as the git rev-list --count command for a given commit SHA.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/sequence

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash.
`first_parent`	boolean	no	Follow only the first parent commit upon seeing a merge commit.

Example request:

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/5937ac0a7beb003549fc5fd26fc247adbce4a52e/sequence"

Example response:

{
  "count": 632
}

Cherry-pick a commit

Cherry-picks a commit to a given branch.

POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/cherry_pick

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash
`branch`	string	yes	The name of the branch
`dry_run`	boolean	no	Does not commit any changes. Default is false.
`message`	string	no	A custom commit message to use for the new commit.

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --form "branch=main" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/main/cherry_pick"

Example response:

{
  "id": "8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad",
  "short_id": "8b090c1b",
  "author_name": "Example User",
  "author_email": "user@example.com",
  "authored_date": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "created_at": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "committer_name": "Administrator",
  "committer_email": "admin@example.com",
  "committed_date": "2016-12-12T20:10:39.000+01:00",
  "title": "Feature added",
  "message": "Feature added\n\nSigned-off-by: Example User <user@example.com>\n",
  "parent_ids": [
    "a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8"
  ],
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad"
}

In the event of a failed cherry-pick, the response provides context about why:

{
  "message": "Sorry, we cannot cherry-pick this commit automatically. This commit may already have been cherry-picked, or a more recent commit may have updated some of its content.",
  "error_code": "empty"
}

In this case, the cherry-pick failed because the changeset was empty and likely indicates that the commit already exists in the target branch. The other possible error code is conflict, which indicates that there was a merge conflict.

When dry_run is enabled, the server attempts to apply the cherry-pick but not actually commit any resulting changes. If the cherry-pick applies cleanly, the API responds with 200 OK:

{
  "dry_run": "success"
}

In the event of a failure, an error displays that is identical to a failure without dry run.

Revert a commit

Reverts a commit in a given branch.

POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/revert

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	Commit SHA to revert
`branch`	string	yes	Target branch name
`dry_run`	boolean	no	Does not commit any changes. Default is false.

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --form "branch=main" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8/revert"

Example response:

{
  "id":"8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad",
  "short_id": "8b090c1b",
  "title":"Revert \"Feature added\"",
  "created_at":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z",
  "parent_ids":["a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8"],
  "message":"Revert \"Feature added\"\n\nThis reverts commit a738f717824ff53aebad8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8",
  "author_name":"Administrator",
  "author_email":"admin@example.com",
  "authored_date":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z",
  "committer_name":"Administrator",
  "committer_email":"admin@example.com",
  "committed_date":"2018-11-08T15:55:26.000Z",
  "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/-/commit/8b090c1b79a14f2bd9e8a738f717824ff53aebad"
}

In the event of a failed revert, the response provides context about why:

{
  "message": "Sorry, we cannot revert this commit automatically. This commit may already have been reverted, or a more recent commit may have updated some of its content.",
  "error_code": "conflict"
}

In this case, the revert failed because the attempted revert generated a merge conflict. The other possible error code is empty, which indicates that the changeset was empty, likely due to the change having already been reverted.

When dry_run is enabled, the server attempts to apply the revert but not actually commit any resulting changes. If the revert applies cleanly, the API responds with 200 OK:

{
  "dry_run": "success"
}

In the event of a failure, an error displays that is identical to a failure without dry run.

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/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag
`unidiff`	boolean	no	Present diffs in the unified diff format. Default is false. Introduced in GitLab 16.5.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/main/diff"

Example response:

[
  {
    "diff": "@@ -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 gitlab:assets:compile 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/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/main/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.

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 is 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.

For other approaches to commenting on a merge request, see Create new merge request note in the Notes API, and Create a new thread in the merge request diff in the Discussions API.

POST /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/comments

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the 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 --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --form "note=Nice picture\!" \
  --form "path=README.md" \
  --form "line=11" \
  --form "line_type=new" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/repository/commits/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8/comments"

Example response:

{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
      "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png",
      "username" : "janedoe",
      "state" : "active",
      "name" : "Jane Doe",
      "id" : 28
   },
   "created_at" : "2016-01-19T09:44:55.600Z",
   "line_type" : "new",
   "path" : "README.md",
   "line" : 11,
   "note" : "Nice picture!"
}

Get the discussions of a commit

Get the discussions of a commit in a project.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/discussions

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/4604744a1c64de00ff62e1e8a6766919923d2b41/discussions"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": "4604744a1c64de00ff62e1e8a6766919923d2b41",
    "individual_note": true,
    "notes": [
      {
        "id": 334686748,
        "type": null,
        "body": "Nice piece of code!",
        "attachment": null,
        "author" : {
          "id" : 28,
          "name" : "Jane Doe",
          "username" : "janedoe",
          "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
          "state" : "active",
          "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png"
        },
        "created_at": "2020-04-30T18:48:11.432Z",
        "updated_at": "2020-04-30T18:48:11.432Z",
        "system": false,
        "noteable_id": null,
        "noteable_type": "Commit",
        "resolvable": false,
        "confidential": null,
        "noteable_iid": null,
        "commands_changes": {}
      }
    ]
  }
]

Commit status

The commit status API for use with GitLab.

List the statuses of a commit

pipeline_id, order_by, and sort fields introduced in GitLab 17.9.

List the statuses of a commit in a project. The pagination parameters page and per_page can be used to restrict the list of references.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/statuses

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	Yes	ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
`sha`	string	Yes	Hash of the commit.
`ref`	string	No	Name of the branch or tag. Default is the default branch.
`stage`	string	No	Filter statuses by build stage. For example, `test`.
`name`	string	No	Filter statuses by job name. For example, `bundler:audit`.
`pipeline_id`	integer	No	Filter statuses by pipeline ID. For example, `1234`.
`order_by`	string	No	Values for sorting statuses. Valid values are `id` and `pipeline_id`. Default is `id`.
`sort`	string	No	Sort statuses in ascending or descending order. Valid values are `asc` and `desc`. Default is `asc`.
`all`	boolean	No	Include all statuses instead of latest only. Default is `false`.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/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" : "janedoe",
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
         "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png",
         "id" : 28,
         "name" : "Jane Doe"
      },
      "description" : null,
      "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
      "target_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/builds/91",
      "finished_at" : null,
      "id" : 91,
      "ref" : "main"
   },
   {
      "started_at" : null,
      "name" : "test",
      "allow_failure" : false,
      "status" : "pending",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-19T08:40:25.832Z",
      "target_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe/gitlab-foss/builds/90",
      "id" : 90,
      "finished_at" : null,
      "ref" : "main",
      "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
      "author" : {
         "id" : 28,
         "name" : "Jane Doe",
         "username" : "janedoe",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
         "state" : "active",
         "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png"
      },
      "description" : null
   },

   ...
]

Set the pipeline status of a commit

Add or update the pipeline status of a commit. If the commit is associated with a merge request, the API call must target the commit in the merge request’s source branch.

POST /projects/:id/statuses/:sha

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the 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`, `skipped`
`ref`	string	no	The `ref` (branch or tag) to which the status refers. Must be 255 characters or fewer.
`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. Must be 255 characters or fewer.
`description`	string	no	The short description of the status. Must be 255 characters or fewer.
`coverage`	float	no	The total code coverage
`pipeline_id`	integer	no	The ID of the pipeline to set status. Use in case of several pipeline on same SHA.

curl --request POST \
  --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/17/statuses/18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8?state=success"

Example response:

{
   "author" : {
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
      "name" : "Jane Doe",
      "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png",
      "username" : "janedoe",
      "state" : "active",
      "id" : 28
   },
   "name" : "default",
   "sha" : "18f3e63d05582537db6d183d9d557be09e1f90c8",
   "status" : "success",
   "coverage": 100.0,
   "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"
}

List merge requests associated with a commit

Returns information about the merge request that originally introduced a specific commit.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/merge_requests

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit SHA

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/af5b13261899fb2c0db30abdd0af8b07cb44fdc5/merge_requests"

Example response:

[
   {
      "id":45,
      "iid":1,
      "project_id":35,
      "title":"Add new file",
      "description":"",
      "state":"opened",
      "created_at":"2018-03-26T17:26:30.916Z",
      "updated_at":"2018-03-26T17:26:30.916Z",
      "target_branch":"main",
      "source_branch":"test-branch",
      "upvotes":0,
      "downvotes":0,
      "author" : {
        "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/janedoe",
        "name" : "Jane Doe",
        "avatar_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/uploads/user/avatar/28/jane-doe-400-400.png",
        "username" : "janedoe",
        "state" : "active",
        "id" : 28
      },
      "assignee":null,
      "source_project_id":35,
      "target_project_id":35,
      "labels":[ ],
      "draft":false,
      "work_in_progress":false,
      "milestone":null,
      "merge_when_pipeline_succeeds":false,
      "merge_status":"can_be_merged",
      "sha":"af5b13261899fb2c0db30abdd0af8b07cb44fdc5",
      "merge_commit_sha":null,
      "squash_commit_sha":null,
      "user_notes_count":0,
      "discussion_locked":null,
      "should_remove_source_branch":null,
      "force_remove_source_branch":false,
      "web_url":"https://gitlab.example.com/root/test-project/merge_requests/1",
      "time_stats":{
         "time_estimate":0,
         "total_time_spent":0,
         "human_time_estimate":null,
         "human_total_time_spent":null
      }
   }
]

Get signature of a commit

Get the signature from a commit, if it is signed. For unsigned commits, it results in a 404 response.

GET /projects/:id/repository/commits/:sha/signature

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
`sha`	string	yes	The commit hash or name of a repository branch or tag

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" \
  --url "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/repository/commits/da738facbc19eb2fc2cef57c49be0e6038570352/signature"

Example response if commit is GPG signed:

{
  "signature_type": "PGP",
  "verification_status": "verified",
  "gpg_key_id": 1,
  "gpg_key_primary_keyid": "8254AAB3FBD54AC9",
  "gpg_key_user_name": "John Doe",
  "gpg_key_user_email": "johndoe@example.com",
  "gpg_key_subkey_id": null,
  "commit_source": "gitaly"
}

Example response if commit is signed with SSH:

{
  "signature_type": "SSH",
  "verification_status": "verified",
  "key": {
    "id": 11,
    "title": "Key",
    "created_at": "2023-05-08T09:12:38.503Z",
    "expires_at": "2024-05-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "key": "ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAILZzYDq6DhLp3aX84DGIV3F6Vf+Ae4yCTTz7RnqMJOlR MyKey)",
    "usage_type": "auth_and_signing"
  },
  "commit_source": "gitaly"
}

Example response if commit is X.509 signed:

{
  "signature_type": "X509",
  "verification_status": "unverified",
  "x509_certificate": {
    "id": 1,
    "subject": "CN=gitlab@example.org,OU=Example,O=World",
    "subject_key_identifier": "BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC:BC",
    "email": "gitlab@example.org",
    "serial_number": 278969561018901340486471282831158785578,
    "certificate_status": "good",
    "x509_issuer": {
      "id": 1,
      "subject": "CN=PKI,OU=Example,O=World",
      "subject_key_identifier": "AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB:AB",
      "crl_url": "http://example.com/pki.crl"
    }
  },
  "commit_source": "gitaly"
}

Example response if commit is unsigned:

{
  "message": "404 GPG Signature Not Found"
}

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