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

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 The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
sha string yes The commit SHA
ref string no The name of a repository branch or tag or, if not given, the default branch
stage string no Filter by build stage, for example, test
name string no Filter by job name, for example, bundler:audit
all boolean no Return all statuses, not only the latest ones 
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
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
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"
}