From: ToddAndMargo <toddandmargo@zoho.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 21:51:59 GMT
Subject: Re: I just want the revision
Message-ID: <64c7dd07-495d-7efe-f4aa-7ea91830c783@zoho.com>
In-Reply-To: <CAP8UFD0TBOkNU2g_OqpMiQyopBfae95nBwJQJ8F04+C1FcBRYQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/11/21 06:13, Christian Couder wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:24 PM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 10/11/21 03:09, ToddAndMargo wrote:
>>> On 10/11/21 02:45, Christian Couder wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 4:57 AM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to write a script to tell me the latest revision
>>>>> showing on
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/tree/master
>>>>>
>>>>> which is 'virtio-win: rebase on 0.164", but I can only see this
>>>>> from a web browser, as the page is dynamic.
>>>>>
>>>>> I do have access to the git link on that page:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis.git
>>>>>
>>>>> Does git (or some other) have a way of telling me
>>>>> JUST the revision without having to download the turkey?
>>>>
>>>> If you just want the commit ID, you can use for example:
>>>>
>>>> $ git ls-remote
>>>> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis.git
>>>> refs/heads/master
>>>> f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3        refs/heads/master
>>>>
>>>>> If I could get something that contained
>>>>>           virtio-win: rebase on 0.164
>>>>> I could dig out the revision
>>>>
>>>> You might also want to take a look at the GitLab API docs, for example:
>>>>
>>>> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Christian.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Christian,
>>>
>>> I do not mean to be dense, but how do I get
>>> "virtio-win: rebase on 0.164" out of:
>>> " f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3  refs/heads/master"?
>>>
>>> Perplexed,
>>> -T
>>
>>
>> Found something that worked:
>>
>> $ curl --silent
>> 'https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commits/master'
>> | grep  rebase
>>
>> <a class="commit-row-message item-title js-onboarding-commit-item "
>> href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/f6ad44f35f5caeec51b7002169977272d85701a3">virtio-win:
>> rebase on 0.164</a>
>>
>> <a class="commit-row-message item-title js-onboarding-commit-item "
>> href="/spice/win32/spice-nsis/-/commit/d6836f79ba8deeef5b7719fd94cc208b81eb70df">virtio-win:
>> rebase on 0.164</a>
> 
> If I needed more information than just the commit ID, I would use the
> GitLab API, especially:
> 
> https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/commits.html#get-a-single-commit
> 
> So you might want to customize this example command:
> 
> $ curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>"
> "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/commits/master"
> 

no idea what the " <your_access_token>" is.

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