Get the patch of a commit¶

GET /api/v5/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commit/{sha}/patch

This endpoint returns the patch of a specific commit in the specified repository. It returns the file changes introduced by the commit in unified diff format, making it easy to review the exact changes.

Access token support¶

• AtomGit user access tokens

Anonymous access¶

This endpoint allows anonymous access.

Request parameters¶

Response parameters¶

The response body is the patch content of the specified commit (string, plain text), describing the file changes introduced by the commit in unified diff format.

Note: The response is the patch text itself, not a JSON object.

Request example¶

Parameter description¶

Replace <owner> with the address path of the namespace that owns the repository (address path of the enterprise, organization, or user); Replace <repo> with the repository path (path); Replace <sha> with the SHA of the commit.

cURL¶

curl -X GET 'https://api.atomgit.com/api/v5/repos/<owner>/<repo>/commit/<sha>/patch'

Note: This endpoint allows anonymous access. To access a private repository, append ?access_token=<token> to the URL.

JavaScript¶

// Native fetch (Node.js 18+ / browser)
const response = await fetch("https://api.atomgit.com/api/v5/repos/<owner>/<repo>/commit/<sha>/patch", {
  headers: {
    "Accept": "text/plain",
  },
});

if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const data = await response.text();
console.log(data);

Python¶

import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://api.atomgit.com/api/v5/repos/<owner>/<repo>/commit/<sha>/patch",
    headers={"Accept": "text/plain"},
    timeout=10,
)
resp.raise_for_status()

print(resp.text)

Response example¶

Status code: 200

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Error response¶

This endpoint does not explicitly define a business failure response. On error, the gateway/framework returns a generic error (such as 401 unauthenticated, 404 resource not found, or 500 internal error). The actual error body is whatever is returned.

HTTP response status codes¶

Error codes¶