I am using GraphQL to get some data from a list of repositories using Github's GraphQL (v4) API. I want to get a list of the latest commits from a repository, no matter what is the commit's branch/tag/ref.
For now I am doing the following to get the list of commits from a certain repository:
... on Repository{
refs(refPrefix:"refs/",orderBy:$refOrder,first:1){
edges{
node{
... on Ref{
target{
... on Commit{
history(first:10){
totalCount
edges{
node{
... on Commit{
committedDate
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Where $refOrder is an object I am sending together with the request and it is defined below:
{
"refOrder": {
"direction": "DESC",
"field": "TAG_COMMIT_DATE"
}
}
This piece of code is working, but not retrieving the results I want. The response comes back with a list of commits, but not necessarily the last commits from the repository. When I go to the repository page and click on "Commits", I usually see a list of commits that are more recent than what I got as results from my API call.
What am I missing? Should I try a different refPrefix or orderBy argument? I have already tried "master" as the refPrefix, but faced the same problem.
Just realized that what I was looking for is a field which exists in the Repository object called defaultBranchRef. Using this field I was able to retrieve the data I was looking for.
My query now looks like this:
... on Repository{
defaultBranchRef{
target{
... on Commit{
history(first:10){
edges{
node{
... on Commit{
committedDate
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}