Grab files changed by commit from GitHub API

Question

I am trying to use the GitHub API to grab all files changed by a particular commit, but I don't see a good way of doing it.

In other words, whats the equivalent of git show --name-only sha1 in the GitHub API?

Solution

If you fetch the commit via the Repository Commits API, the response will include a files array with the list of changed files:

https://developer.github.com/v3/repos/commits/#get-a-single-commit

Comments

[Matt Westlake]

This doesn't seem to still be the case. When I put in my URL api.github.com/repos/doitcwd-nwhack/sailsweb/git/commits/… I don't get anything after "parents"

[Ivan Zuzak]

@MattWestlake You're using the wrong URL -- that's not the API endpoint I linked to in my answer. Try this: api.github.com/repos/doitcwd-nwhack/sailsweb/commits/…

[Jay Cork]

docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/commits#get-a-commit