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List commits that modified a file

GET
/repositories/{workspace}/{repo_slug}/filehistory/{commit}/{path}

Returns a paginated list of commits that modified the specified file.

Commits are returned in reverse chronological order. This is roughly equivalent to the following commands:

$ git log --follow --date-order <sha> <path>

By default, Bitbucket will follow renames and the path name in the returned entries reflects that. This can be turned off using the ?renames=false query parameter.

Results are returned in descending chronological order by default, and like most endpoints you can filter and sort the response to only provide exactly the data you want.

The example response returns commits made before 2011-05-18 against a file named README.rst. The results are filtered to only return the path and date. This request can be made using:

$ curl 'https://api.bitbucket.org/2.0/repositories/evzijst/dogslow/filehistory/master/README.rst'\
  '?fields=values.next,values.path,values.commit.date&q=commit.date<=2011-05-18'

In the response you can see that the file was renamed to README.rst by the commit made on 2011-05-16, and was previously named README.txt.

Authorizations

Section titled “ Authorizations ”

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “ Path Parameters ”
commit
required
string

The commit’s SHA1.

path
required
string

Path to the file.

repo_slug
required
string

This can either be the repository slug or the UUID of the repository, surrounded by curly-braces, for example: {repository UUID}.

workspace
required
string

This can either be the workspace ID (slug) or the workspace UUID surrounded by curly-braces, for example: {workspace UUID}.

Query Parameters

Section titled “ Query Parameters ”
renames
string

When true, Bitbucket will follow the history of the file across renames (this is the default behavior). This can be turned off by specifying false.

q
string

Query string to narrow down the response as per filtering and sorting.

sort
string

Name of a response property sort the result by as per filtering and sorting.

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “ 200 ”

A paginated list of commits that modified the specified file

Media type application/json
Paginated Files

A paginated list of commit_file objects.

object
size

Total number of objects in the response. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses, as it can be expensive to compute.

integer
page

Page number of the current results. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses.

integer
>= 1
pagelen

Current number of objects on the existing page. The default value is 10 with 100 being the maximum allowed value. Individual APIs may enforce different values.

integer
>= 1
next

Link to the next page if it exists. The last page of a collection does not have this value. Use this link to navigate the result set and refrain from constructing your own URLs.

string format: uri
previous

Link to previous page if it exists. A collections first page does not have this value. This is an optional element that is not provided in all responses. Some result sets strictly support forward navigation and never provide previous links. Clients must anticipate that backwards navigation is not always available. Use this link to navigate the result set and refrain from constructing your own URLs.

string format: uri
values
Array<object>
0 unique items
Commit File

A file object, representing a file at a commit in a repository

object
type
required
string
path

The path in the repository

string
commit
object
type
required
string
hash
string
/[0-9a-f]{7,}?/
date
string format: date-time
author
object
type
required
string
raw

The raw author value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the author does not match a user in Bitbucket.

string
user
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
committer
object
type
required
string
raw

The raw committer value from the repository. This may be the only value available if the committer does not match a user in Bitbucket.

string
user
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
message
string
summary
object
raw

The text as it was typed by a user.

string
markup

The type of markup language the raw content is to be interpreted in.

string
Allowed values: markdown creole plaintext
html

The user’s content rendered as HTML.

string
parents
Array<object> recursive
repository
object
type
required
string
links
object
self
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
html
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
pullrequests
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
commits
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
forks
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
watchers
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
downloads
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
clone
Array<object>
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
hooks
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
uuid

The repository’s immutable id. This can be used as a substitute for the slug segment in URLs. Doing this guarantees your URLs will survive renaming of the repository by its owner, or even transfer of the repository to a different user.

string
full_name

The concatenation of the repository owner’s username and the slugified name, e.g. “evzijst/interruptingcow”. This is the same string used in Bitbucket URLs.

string
is_private
boolean
parent
object recursive
scm
string
Allowed values: git
owner
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
name
string
description
string
created_on
string format: date-time
updated_on
string format: date-time
size
integer
language
string
has_issues

The issue tracker for this repository is enabled. Issue Tracker features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.

boolean
has_wiki

The wiki for this repository is enabled. Wiki features are not supported for repositories in workspaces administered through admin.atlassian.com.

boolean
fork_policy

Controls the rules for forking this repository.

  • allow_forks: unrestricted forking
  • no_public_forks: restrict forking to private forks (forks cannot be made public later)
  • no_forks: deny all forking
string
Allowed values: allow_forks no_public_forks no_forks
project
object
type
required
string
links
object
html
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
uuid

The project’s immutable id.

string
key

The project’s key.

string
owner
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
links
object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
self
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
html
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
members
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
projects
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
repositories
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
name

The name of the project.

string
description
string
is_private

Indicates whether the project is publicly accessible, or whether it is private to the team and consequently only visible to team members. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.

boolean
created_on
string format: date-time
updated_on
string format: date-time
has_publicly_visible_repos

Indicates whether the project contains publicly visible repositories. Note that private projects cannot contain public repositories.

boolean
mainbranch
object
type
required
string
links
object
self
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
commits
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
html
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
name

The name of the ref.

string
target
object recursive
merge_strategies

Available merge strategies for pull requests targeting this branch.

Array<string>
Allowed values: merge_commit squash fast_forward squash_fast_forward rebase_fast_forward rebase_merge
default_merge_strategy

The default merge strategy for pull requests targeting this branch.

string
participants
Array
0
object
type
required
string
user
object
type
required
string
links
Account Links

Links related to an Account.

object
avatar
Link

A link to a resource related to this object.

object
href
string format: uri
name
string
key
additional properties
any
created_on
string format: date-time
display_name
string
uuid
string
role
string
Allowed values: PARTICIPANT REVIEWER
approved
boolean
state
string
Allowed values: approved changes_requested
participated_on

The ISO8601 timestamp of the participant’s action. For approvers, this is the time of their approval. For commenters and pull request reviewers who are not approvers, this is the time they last commented, or null if they have not commented.

string format: date-time
attributes
string
Allowed values: link executable subrepository binary lfs
escaped_path

The escaped version of the path as it appears in a diff. If the path does not require escaping this will be the same as path.

string
key
additional properties
any
Examples
Example response 
{
  "values": [
    {
      "commit": {
        "date": "2011-05-17T07:32:09+00:00"
      },
      "path": "README.rst"
    },
    {
      "commit": {
        "date": "2011-05-16T06:33:28+00:00"
      },
      "path": "README.txt"
    },
    {
      "commit": {
        "date": "2011-05-16T06:15:39+00:00"
      },
      "path": "README.txt"
    }
  ]
}

404

Section titled “ 404 ”

If the repository does not exist.

Media type application/json
Error

Base type for most resource objects. It defines the common type element that identifies an object’s type. It also identifies the element as Swagger’s discriminator.

object
type
required
string
error
object
message
required
string
detail
string
data

Optional structured data that is endpoint-specific.

object
key
additional properties
any
key
additional properties
any
Example generated 
{
  "type": "example",
  "error": {
    "message": "example",
    "detail": "example",
    "data": {}
  }
}