---
title: "Get commit details"
method: GET
path: "/api/commit"
tags: ["Git"]
---

# Get commit details

`GET /api/commit`

Returns details for a single commit, including parent commit SHAs.

## Query parameters

- `repo` string, required — The fully-qualified repository name.
- `ref` string, required — The git ref (commit SHA, branch, or tag).

## Response `200`

Commit details.

- PublicCommitDetail
  - `hash` string, required — The full commit SHA.
  - `date` string, required — The commit date in ISO 8601 format.
  - `message` string, required — The commit subject line.
  - `refs` string, required — Refs pointing to this commit (e.g. branch or tag names).
  - `body` string, required — The commit body (everything after the subject line).
  - `authorName` string, required
  - `authorEmail` string, required
  - `parents` string[], required — The parent commit SHAs.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid query parameters or git ref.
- `404` — Repository or revision not found.
- `500` — Unexpected failure.

---

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