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showFiles

Extend the Commits REST API to review which files changed related to a specific Jira issue by adding ?showfiles=[true|false] as an optional parameter.

To perform the showFiles Commits API call, the Jira user must have the permission to read the requested issue.

 

showFiles (Commits REST API extension)

url

/rest/gitplugin/1.0/issues/{issueKey}/commits{?showFiles=[true|false]}

method

GET

parameters

Parameter Condition
issueKey String. Required.

This is the Jira Issue Key – a concatenation of Project key and Issue number. It must contain a dash (‘-‘). The issueKey must be valid and existent.

For example: TST-123.

?showFiles=[true|false] Boolean. Optional.

When set to true, this extends the commits API to display which files where changed related to a specific Jira issue.

See usage example below.

response Returns the result in the example below.

Example usage:

http://jira.yourorg.com/jira/rest/gitplugin/1.0/issues/TST-123/commits?showFiles=true

Returns the following example result, if showFiles=true:

{
  "commits": [
    {
      "author": "msmith <mark@bigbrassband.com>",
      "commitId": "257b4a8490270014922f3b821d61c86e76166dd9",
      "date": "2015-12-07 10:54:56 +0600",
      "message": "message with TST-123",
      "repository": {  INTRODUCED V2.11.0+
        "id": 5,
        "name": "test repository name"
      },
      "branch": "master",
      "notes": {
        "refs/notes/commits": "TST-1 fixed also"
      },
      "files": [
        {
          "path": "testFile2.txt",
          "linesAdded": 1,
          "linesChanged": 0,
          "linesDeleted": 0,
          "added": true,
          "deleted": false,
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

 

Commits REST APIs

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