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GET/repositories/{repo_id}/commits/{commit_ref}

Get a commit by SHA

get_commit
  • commit:read
    A token needs the commit:read scope: View commitsGranted by mcp_agent, mcp_agent_write, read_api, read_repository, write_api, write_repository.Every operation this scope unlocks
  • Cacheable · immutable SHA

    x-gitmoap-cache: {"kind":"immutable_sha"}

A commit's title and message, author and committer with their dates, parents, and the tags that point at it, addressed by its full or abbreviated SHA. Anyone who can read the repository's code may call it, without signing in on a public repository.

Parameters

Path
  • repo_idRepositoryId (string · uuid)Repository ID
  • commit_refCommitRef (string)Commit SHA (7-40 hex chars)

Responses

200Commit foundapplication/json
  • author_emailEmail (string)
  • author_namestring
  • authored_atstring
  • commit_shaCommitHash (string)
  • committed_atstring
  • committer_emailEmail (string)
  • committer_namestring
  • repository_idRepositoryId (string · uuid)
  • short_shaShortCommitHash (string)
  • titlestring
  • author_avatar_urlstring or nulloptional
  • committer_avatar_urlstring or nulloptional
  • messagestring or nulloptional
  • parent_shasarray of CommitHash (string)optional
  • tagsarray of TagName (string)optional
200 exampleSynthesized example
{
"author_email": "tomas@acme.example",
"author_name": "Mara Okafor",
"authored_at": "2026-10-14T23:26:11Z",
"commit_sha": "3706fd4f609bf3fcc1dfda7079e57d2ab9e223dd",
"committed_at": "2026-10-15T21:40:42Z",
"committer_email": "lin@acme.example",
"committer_name": "payments-api",
"repository_id": "5b0e7c2a-9d14-4e8b-a6f1-2c3d4e5f6a70",
"short_sha": "9794ecc76f3de5bf5adc52b6e29eda803e0b1b39",
"title": "Inline scalar newtypes but keep their brand",
"author_avatar_url": "https://gitmoap.example/acme/0a4f85f6",
"committer_avatar_url": "https://gitmoap.example/acme/d0a44d25",
"message": "Label every synthesized example",
"parent_shas": [
"fedcb041a9995dea21c64b1e0ecbdc4f4039445e",
"f851419d75855d0c1559fb8c18bd3b56c83287ae"
],
"tags": [
"tags-4965",
"tags-e2dd"
]
}
400Bad request — a path parameter is not a well-formed value of its typeapplication/json
Error codes
  • BAD_REQUESTThe request is malformed: a parameter or a body field is not a well-formed value of its type
  • errorErrorBody
    • The ErrorBody schema
    • codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status: NOT_FOUND, CONFLICT, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all.
    • messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on reason or code.
    • fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a 400 that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path: email, items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error.
    • reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one: LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER, BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and on code otherwise.
    • required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE.
    • violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILED per-node, PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILED DAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
400 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-6b24",
"message": "Pin a page's payload to the build that rendered it"
}
}
401Unauthenticated — no credential, or an invalid oneapplication/json
Error codes
  • UNAUTHORIZEDNo credential was sent, or the one sent is invalid, expired or revoked
  • errorErrorBody
    • The ErrorBody schema
    • codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status: NOT_FOUND, CONFLICT, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all.
    • messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on reason or code.
    • fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a 400 that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path: email, items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error.
    • reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one: LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER, BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and on code otherwise.
    • required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE.
    • violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILED per-node, PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILED DAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
401 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-4612",
"message": "Pin a page's payload to the build that rendered it"
}
}
403Forbidden — the caller's access level or token scope is insufficientapplication/json
Error codes
  • FORBIDDENYou are signed in but may not do this here; reason names the permission or the rule that refused it
  • INSUFFICIENT_SCOPEThe access token lacks the scope this operation needs; required_scope names it
  • PERMISSION_REQUIREDYou need a permission you do not hold here; the message names it
  • errorErrorBody
    • The ErrorBody schema
    • codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status: NOT_FOUND, CONFLICT, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all.
    • messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on reason or code.
    • fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a 400 that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path: email, items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error.
    • reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one: LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER, BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and on code otherwise.
    • required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE.
    • violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILED per-node, PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILED DAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
403 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-4878",
"message": "Pin a page's payload to the build that rendered it"
}
}
404Commit not foundapplication/json
Error codes
  • NOT_FOUNDThe resource does not exist — or exists and you cannot see it: a private resource you have no access to answers exactly as an absent one does
  • errorErrorBody
    • The ErrorBody schema
    • codestringThe coarse category, tied to the status: NOT_FOUND, CONFLICT, INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE. Every error has one; the API reference's error catalogue lists them all.
    • messagestringWhat went wrong, for a person. Written to be read, not parsed: match on reason or code.
    • fieldstring or nulloptionalOn a 400 that refused one field's value, the field, as its JSON path: email, items[0].name. Put the message under that input. Absent on every other error.
    • reasonstring or nulloptionalThe specific code, when the error has one: LAST_ORGANIZATION_OWNER, BRANCH_PROTECTED. The message starts with it too. Match on this when it is present, and on code otherwise.
    • required_scopestring or nulloptionalThe scope the access token was missing, on INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE.
    • violationsanyoptionalPresent on the structured-validation errors (PROVIDER_VALIDATION_FAILED per-node, PIPELINE_VALIDATION_FAILED DAG): a JSON array of the offending elements, so a caller can fix every one in a single round-trip. Absent (omitted) on every other error.
404 exampleSynthesized example
{
"error": {
"code": "code-4d84",
"message": "Inline scalar newtypes but keep their brand"
}
}

CLI

gitmoap commits get

  • --repo-ididRepository ID (id or owner/repo path)
  • --commit-refidCommit SHA (7-40 hex chars)

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