GitHub_Get_commits_history_from_file_path.ipynb

Kernel: Python 3

GitHub - List commits history from file path

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Tags: #github #commits #history #snippet #operations #tracking

Author: Florent Ravenel

Last update: 2023-07-03 (Created: 2023-07-03)

Description: This notebook demonstrateshow to retrieve a list of commits containing a file path that exists in master branch.

References:

• GitHub - List commits parameters

Input

Import libraries

import requests
import naas
import pandas as pd

Setup Variables

• token: Generate a personal access token

• owner: The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

• repository: The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

• file_path: Only commits containing this file path will be returned.

token = naas.secret.get(name="GITHUB_TOKEN") or "YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN"
owner = "jupyter-naas"  # Replace with the owner/username of the repository
repository = "awesome-notebooks" # Replace with the name of the repository
file_path = "generate_readme.ipynb" # Replace with the path to the file in the repository

Model

List commits history from file path

def list_commits(token, owner, repository, file_path):
    # Requests
    url = f"https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repository}/commits?path={file_path}"
    headers = {"Authorization": f"token {token}"}
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    
    # Response
    res = requests.get(url)
    if res.status_code == 200:
        return res.json()
    else:
        print(res.json())
        return {}

commits = list_commits(token, owner, repository, file_path)
print("Commits found:", len(commits))

Output

Display results

if len(commits) > 0:
    created_at = commits[-1]['commit']['committer']['date']
    updated_at = commits[0]['commit']['committer']['date']
    print("File first commit date:", created_at)
    print("File last commit date:", updated_at)
else:
    print("File not found or no commits found for the file.")
commits[0]