Get Active Git Branch

Version 4.0.26.2 (latest)

Get the Current Git Branch

Returns the git branch currently checked out in the given project repository

Request

GET/projects/{project_id}/git_branch
Datatype
Description
Request
HTTP Request
path
HTTP Path
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project_id
string
Project Id

Response

200: Git Branch

Datatype
Description
(object)
can
object
Operations the current user is able to perform on this object
name
string
The short name on the local. Updating `name` results in `git checkout`
remote
string
The name of the remote
remote_name
string
The short name on the remote
error
string
Name of error
message
string
Message describing an error if present
owner_name
string
Name of the owner of a personal branch
readonly
boolean
Whether or not this branch is readonly
personal
boolean
Whether or not this branch is a personal branch - readonly for all developers except the owner
is_local
boolean
Whether or not a local ref exists for the branch
is_remote
boolean
Whether or not a remote ref exists for the branch
is_production
boolean
Whether or not this is the production branch
ahead_count
integer
Number of commits the local branch is ahead of the remote
behind_count
integer
Number of commits the local branch is behind the remote
commit_at
integer
UNIX timestamp at which this branch was last committed.
ref
string
The resolved ref of this branch. Updating `ref` results in `git reset --hard``.
remote_ref
string
The resolved ref of this branch remote.

400: Bad Request

Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link

404: Not Found

Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link

429: Too Many Requests

Datatype
Description
(object)
message
string
Error details
documentation_url
string
Documentation link

Examples

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