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title: Commit comments
intro: The Commit comments API lets you create and edit comments that relate to specific commits.
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## About the commit comments API

The Commit comments API lets you create and edit comments that relate to specific commits.

### Custom media types for commit comments

These are the supported media types for commit comments. You can read more
about the use of media types in the API [here](/rest/overview/media-types).

    application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json
    application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json
    application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json
    application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json

For more information, see "[Custom media types](/rest/overview/media-types)."