Re: I just want the revision

From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 11, 2021, 13:13 UTC
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD0TBOkNU2g_OqpMiQyopBfae95nBwJQJ8F04+C1FcBRYQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <afd8890e-0042-8fc6-523d-f69aa6ed7af3@zoho.com>

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:24 PM ToddAndMargo <ToddAndMargo@zoho.com> wrote:

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> 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"