---
title: "diff references"
method: GET
path: "/repositories/{repository}/refs/{leftRef}/diff/{rightRef}"
tags: ["refs"]
---

# diff references

`GET /repositories/{repository}/refs/{leftRef}/diff/{rightRef}`

## Response `200`

diff between refs

- DiffList
  - `pagination` Pagination, required
    - `has_more` boolean, required — Next page is available
    - `next_offset` string, required — Token used to retrieve the next page
    - `results` integer, required — Number of values found in the results
    - `max_per_page` integer, required — Maximal number of entries per page
  - `results` Diff[], required
    - `type` 'added' | 'removed' | 'changed' | 'conflict' | 'prefix_changed', required
    - `path` string, required
    - `path_type` 'common_prefix' | 'object', required
    - `size_bytes` integer — represents the size of the added/changed/deleted entry
    - `right` DiffObjectStat
      - `checksum` string, required
      - `mtime` integer, required — Unix Epoch in seconds
      - `content_type` string, required — Object media type
      - `metadata` ObjectUserMetadata

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Resource Not Found
- `429` — too many requests
- `default` — Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-11-24** `add5a8870f32` — 1 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
- **2025-07-29** `27799ffec9a5` — 2 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `429`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `420`
- **2025-07-09** `c849c0309bc1` — 2 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `include_right_stats` to all path's operations
  - added the optional property `results/items/right` to the response with the `200` status
- **2024-09-17** `3b10653a8013` — 1 warning, 3 info
  - removed the optional property `results/items/right` from the response with the `200` status
  - added the non-success response with the status `420`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `400`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `429`

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/treeverse/apis/lakefs-api/changes/repositories/:repository/refs/:leftRef/diff/:rightRef/get.md)

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