Grants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 20 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 20 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 20 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 20 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nGrants the specified people push access for this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nReplaces the list of people that have push access to this branch. This removes all people that previously had push access and grants push access to the new list of people.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames for people who can have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
Protected branches are available in public repositories with GitHub Free and GitHub Free for organizations, and in public and private repositories with GitHub Pro, GitHub Team, GitHub Enterprise Cloud, and GitHub Enterprise Server. For more information, see GitHub's products in the GitHub Help documentation.
\nRemoves the ability of a user to push to this branch.
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Type | Description |
|---|---|
array | Usernames of the people who should no longer have push access. Note: The list of users, apps, and teams in total is limited to 100 items. |
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" } ], - "descriptionHTML": "Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Uploads SARIF data containing the results of a code scanning analysis to make the results available in a repository. You must use an access token with the security_events scope to use this endpoint for private repositories. You can also use tokens with the public_repo scope for public repositories only. GitHub Apps must have the security_events write permission to use this endpoint.
There are two places where you can upload code scanning results.
\n--ref refs/pull/42/merge or --ref refs/pull/42/head, then the results appear as alerts in a pull request check. For more information, see \"Triaging code scanning alerts in pull requests.\"--ref refs/heads/my-branch, then the results appear in the Security tab for your repository. For more information, see \"Managing code scanning alerts for your repository.\"You must compress the SARIF-formatted analysis data that you want to upload, using gzip, and then encode it as a Base64 format string. For example:
gzip -c analysis-data.sarif | base64 -w0\n| SARIF data | Maximum values | Additional limits |
|---|---|---|
| Runs per file | 15 | |
| Results per run | 25,000 | Only the top 5,000 results will be included, prioritized by severity. |
| Rules per run | 25,000 | |
| Tool extensions per run | 100 | |
| Thread Flow Locations per result | 10,000 | Only the top 1,000 Thread Flow Locations will be included, using prioritization. |
| Location per result | 1,000 | Only 100 locations will be included. |
| Tags per rule | 20 | Only 10 tags will be included. |
The 202 Accepted response includes an id value.\nYou can use this ID to check the status of the upload by using it in the /sarifs/{sarif_id} endpoint.\nFor more information, see \"Get information about a SARIF upload.\"
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Returns the contents of a single commit reference. You must have read access for the repository to use this endpoint.
Note: If there are more than 300 files in the commit diff, the response will include pagination link headers for the remaining files, up to a limit of 3000 files. Each page contains the static commit information, and the only changes are to the file listing.
\nYou can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats. Diffs with binary data will have no patch property.
To return only the SHA-1 hash of the commit reference, you can provide the sha custom media type in the Accept header. You can use this endpoint to check if a remote reference's SHA-1 hash is the same as your local reference's SHA-1 hash by providing the local SHA-1 reference as the ETag.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Compares two commits against one another. You can compare branches in the same repository, or you can compare branches that exist in different repositories within the same repository network, including fork branches. For more information about how to view a repository's network, see \"Understanding connections between repositories.\"
\nThis endpoint is equivalent to running the git log BASE..HEAD command, but it returns commits in a different order. The git log BASE..HEAD command returns commits in reverse chronological order, whereas the API returns commits in chronological order. You can pass the appropriate media type to fetch diff and patch formats.
The API response includes details about the files that were changed between the two commits. This includes the status of the change (if a file was added, removed, modified, or renamed), and details of the change itself. For example, files with a renamed status have a previous_filename field showing the previous filename of the file, and files with a modified status have a patch field showing the changes made to the file.
When calling this endpoint without any paging parameter (per_page or page), the returned list is limited to 250 commits, and the last commit in the list is the most recent of the entire comparison.
Working with large comparisons
\nTo process a response with a large number of commits, use a query parameter (per_page or page) to paginate the results. When using pagination:
For more information on working with pagination, see \"Using pagination in the REST API.\"
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The verification object includes the following fields:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:
\nNote that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.
\nThe different statuses are:
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n| Status | Description |
|---|---|
PENDING | The job has not started yet |
CONFIGURING | The job is running |
DONE | The job has finished correctly |
FAILED | The job has finished unexpectedly |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Creates a new Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Gets a Git commit object.
\nSignature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in the table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Note that creating a tag object does not create the reference that makes a tag in Git. If you want to create an annotated tag in Git, you have to do this call to create the tag object, and then create the refs/tags/[tag] reference. If you want to create a lightweight tag, you only have to create the tag reference - this call would be unnecessary.
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |
Signature verification object
\nThe response will include a verification object that describes the result of verifying the commit's signature. The following fields are included in the verification object:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
verified | boolean | Indicates whether GitHub considers the signature in this commit to be verified. |
reason | string | The reason for verified value. Possible values and their meanings are enumerated in table below. |
signature | string | The signature that was extracted from the commit. |
payload | string | The value that was signed. |
These are the possible values for reason in the verification object:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
expired_key | The key that made the signature is expired. |
not_signing_key | The \"signing\" flag is not among the usage flags in the GPG key that made the signature. |
gpgverify_error | There was an error communicating with the signature verification service. |
gpgverify_unavailable | The signature verification service is currently unavailable. |
unsigned | The object does not include a signature. |
unknown_signature_type | A non-PGP signature was found in the commit. |
no_user | No user was associated with the committer email address in the commit. |
unverified_email | The committer email address in the commit was associated with a user, but the email address is not verified on their account. |
bad_email | The committer email address in the commit is not included in the identities of the PGP key that made the signature. |
unknown_key | The key that made the signature has not been registered with any user's account. |
malformed_signature | There was an error parsing the signature. |
invalid | The signature could not be cryptographically verified using the key whose key-id was found in the signature. |
valid | None of the above errors applied, so the signature is considered to be verified. |