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title: REST API endpoints for Git commits
shortTitle: Commits
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intro: >-
  Use the REST API to interact with commit objects in your Git database on {%
  data variables.product.github %}.
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  ghec: '*'
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topics:
  - API
autogenerated: rest
---

## About Git commits

A Git commit is a snapshot of the hierarchy ([Git tree](/rest/git/trees)) and the contents of the files ([Git blob](/rest/git/blobs)) in a Git repository. These endpoints allow you to read and write [commit objects](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Internals-Git-Objects#_git_commit_objects) to your Git database on {% data variables.product.github %}.

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