Retrieve a commit diff

GET

/api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/commits/{sha}/diff

• GitLab REST API

Retrieves the diff of a commit in a project.

Authorizations

• http
• oauth2

Parameters

Path Parameters

id

required

One of:

string

string

integer

integer

The ID or URL-encoded path of the project

sha

required

string

A commit sha, or the name of a branch or tag

Query Parameters

page

integer

default: 1 nullable

Current page number

Example

1

per_page

integer

default: 20 nullable

Number of items per page

Example

20

unidiff

boolean

nullable

A diff in a Unified diff format

Responses

200

OK

Media type application/json

object

diff

string

collapsed

boolean

too_large

boolean

new_path

string

old_path

string

a_mode

string

b_mode

string

new_file

boolean

renamed_file

boolean

deleted_file

boolean

generated_file

boolean

Example

{
  "diff": "@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@\\n...",
  "new_path": "doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md",
  "old_path": "doc/update/5.4-to-6.0.md",
  "a_mode": "100755",
  "b_mode": "100644"
}

400

Bad Request

404

Not found